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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5101139, member: 27"] Curt challenged baseball's reserve clause in court. He lost his case but it was the beginning of the end for the reserve clause. This, coupled with player strikes, unionization, the three Ms and various other things paved the way for free agency, the 10/5 (Curt Flood) rule and many other changes to the way baseball treats the players. Deciding to sit out a year in his prime cost him a lot of money and essentially ended his career years before it normally would have ended. If I were a player, I would hold him in great esteem. It was a very brave thing to do. [URL unfurl="true"]https://digital.sandiego.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2308&context=sdlr[/URL] [/QUOTE]