The Christmas Eve When Curt Flood Changed Baseball Forever

In 1969, star Cardinals center fielder Curt Flood wrote the commissioner of Major League Baseball to bitterly protest the reserve clause. It opened the door to free agency.

Nicolaus Mills

Published Dec. 23 2017 9:40AM EST 

Nicolaus Mills

nmills@sarahlawrence.edu

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