Curt Flood
Curt Flood
Curtis Charles Floodwas a Major League Baseballcenter fielder who spent 15-seasons in the major leagues playing for the Cincinnati Redlegs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Senators...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 January 1938
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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I was telling my story to deaf ears, because I was telling my story to a person who would give their first-born child to be doing what I was doing.
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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.
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It was so difficult for the fans to understand my problems with baseball.
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But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer.
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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.
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Remember when I told you about the American dream? That if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough and kicked yourself in the butt, you'd succeed? Well, I think I did, I think I did.
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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.
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I'm a child of the sixties, I'm a man of the sixties. During that period of time this country was coming apart at the seams. We were in Southeast Asia. Good men were dying for America and for the Constitution.
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But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and truly important, things that are deep inside you, then I think I've succeeded.
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The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.
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I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.
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The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.
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Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
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Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at you. There are a lot of things wrong with a lot of industries....baseball is one of them.