One man out
Subtitle: Curt Flood versus baseball
By: Robert M. Goldman.
Series: Landmark law cases & American society
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780700616022; 9780700616039
Subjects: Flood, Curt, -- 1938-1997 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Antitrust law -- United States; Baseball -- Law and legislation -- United States; Discrimination in sports -- United States -- Biography; African American baseball players -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "When Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, refused to be traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1969, he sent shock waves ... that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. Flood challenged the game's reserve-clause system that bound players to teams as if they were property"--From the publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.