Curt Flood Quotes
Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.
Flood, Curt, and Richard Carter. The Way It Is. Trident Press, 1971, p. 16.
Congress had exempted Professional Baseball from the Anti-Trust laws and players were bought and sold with no say in the process. Flood made history by challenging the practice. He lost in the Supreme Court which ruled that Congress had exempted baseball, however he was eventually vindicated when the reserve clause fell in 1975
“Operators” referred to an Executives of the Coal Mining Companies most of whom were grossly impolite and unconstructive in the mediation sessions. The President was a very fit man who boxed and wrestled several times a week for exercise and could get very physical as well as social and intellectual.
Curtis Charles Flood was an American baseball player. He was a center fielder who played 15 seasons in the major leagues for the Cincinnati Redlegs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Senators. Flood was a three-time All-Star, a Gold Glove winner for seven consecutive seasons, and batted over .300 in six seasons. He led the National League (NL) in hits (211) in 1964 and in singles, 1963, 1964, and 1968. Flood also led the National League in putouts as center fielder four times and in fielding percentage as center fielder three times. He retired with the third most games in center field (1683) in NL history, trailing Willie Mays and Richie Ashburn.
