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Mickey Z
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Monday, March 27, 2006
Batter Up
The start of another baseball season is only weeks away...and amidst all the talk of salaries and steroids, there remains the annual ritual of making predictions. Who’ll finish in first place? Who’ll win the batting title? Stuff like that. Here’s a prediction I can practically guarantee: Most fans, sportswriters, and players will remain unaware of the legacy of Curt Flood.
“There is no Hall of Fame for people like Curt,” said Marvin Miller, former executive director of the Major League Players Association. “At the time Curt Flood decided to challenge baseball’s reserve clause, he was perhaps the sport’s premier center fielder,” Miller declared. “And yet he chose to fight an injustice, knowing that even if by some miracle he won, his career as a professional player would be over. At no time did he waver in his commitment and determination. He had experienced something that was inherently unfair and was determined to right the wrong, not so much for himself, but for those who would come after him. Few praised him for this, then or now.”
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