The rest of the title: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports. Since baseball is back into negotiating their next player deal and a lockout is assumed by all, I figured it was a good time to read this book that has been on my shelf for years. Being in St Louis and a baseball fan, I knew of Curt Flood and that he took on the owners but not much on any details. This book really tells the story, his background, his struggles before, during and after his lawsuit. Just a lot of really good information about Flood as well as about all the other people involved in this. While his numbers wouldn't get him into the HOF, he certainly belongs there as the player most responsible for gaining rights for the players. I doubt the baseball establishment--owners, etc--not players--will not let this happen and it is unfortunate. A very good read.
This one is staying around as a keeper. I knew it would be a keeper and that is probably part of the reason it took so long for me to get to it--keeper books get picked up by me a little slower than others it seems--I will need to work on this.
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