A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
de Brad Snyder
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- ISBN 10
- 067003794X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670037940
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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NY: Viking, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 472 pages, b&w photos. Traces the landmark 1969 Supreme Court case between All-Star center fielder Curt Flood and Major League Baseball, documenting how he fought to play for the team of his choice at the cost of his career and placement in the Hall of Fame but paved the way for future players to become free agents. Clean copy. Record # 378929
Sinopsis
After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events that would change professional sports forever. At the time there were no free agents, no no-trade clauses. When a player was traded, he had to report to his new team or retire. Unwilling to leave St. Louis and influenced by the civil rights movement, Flood chose to sue Major League Baseball for his freedom. His case reached the Supreme Court, where Flood ultimately lost. But by challenging the system, he created an atmosphere in which, just three years later, free agency became a reality. Flood’s decision cost him his career, but as this dramatic chronicle makes clear, his influence on sports history puts him in a league with Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali.
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- Browsing Is Arousing
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 378929
- Título
- A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
- Autor
- Brad Snyder
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 067003794X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670037940
- Editorial
- Viking
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
- Palabras clave
- Sports, Baseball, , .
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