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A Well-Paid Slave

A Well-Paid Slave

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A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

by Brad Snyder

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First Plume printing with complete number line. Pages are clean and unmarked; slightly tanned. Minor wear to edges and corners.

Synopsis

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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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
A Well-Paid Slave
Author
Brad Snyder
Format/Binding
Glued binding
Book Condition
Used - Very Good-
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0452288916
ISBN 13
9780452288911
Publisher
Plume Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2007
Pages
472
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