Curt Flood

Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it. ↗

— Curt Flood

#baseball #rebellion #relevant #socially

All the grand work was laid for people who came after me. The Supreme Court decided not to give it to me, so they gave it to two white guys. I think that's what they were waiting for. ↗

— Curt Flood

#came #court #decided #gave #give

And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates. ↗

— Curt Flood

#black #gone #hadn #i #lying

Baseball regards us as sheep. ↗

— Curt Flood

#regards #sheep #us

But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer. ↗

— Curt Flood

#doing #here #i #i want you #know

Customary though it may be to write about that institutionalized pastime as though it existed apart from the general environment, my story does not lend itself to such treatment. ↗

— Curt Flood

#apart #customary #does #environment #existed

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. ↗

— Curt Flood

#fame #hall #i #jobs #lost

I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America. ↗

— Curt Flood

#god #greatest #i #least #leaving

I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times. ↗

— Curt Flood

#ever #happened #i #i do #many

I'll also say, yes, I think the change in black consciuosness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area of my life. ↗

— Curt Flood

#area #black #change #every #i