As recent events have shown, activism extends to athletes’ role as workers. In the case of St. Louis Cardinals all-star center fielder Curt Flood, it was about upending the labor status quo in Major ...

"When baseball star Curt Flood rejected a trade in 1969, he challenged America’s pastime and helped spark a revolution that rippled beyond the game" (The New York Times)..

Curt Flood decided no man should be traded without his consent. That does not sound so revolutionary today. But in 1969 before anyone had heard of the phrase “free agency,” when baseball’s restrictive ...

The noteworthy swap of legendary Cardinals player Curt Flood for Dick Allen had ramifications that stretched far beyond the diamond. Flood’s refusal to accept his fate led the way to a series of court ...