Curt Flood in the Media: Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete
(Part of the Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series Series)
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Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star centerfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1617039462
ISBN13:9781617039461
Release Date:September 2013
Publisher:University Press of Mississippi
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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