Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
From Curt Flood
All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for.
I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.
The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.
People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.
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.
And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.
Baseball regards us as sheep.
Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment.
I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.
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