Curt Flood Quotes

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• Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
• The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.
• I am pleased that God made my skin black - but I wish He had made it thicker.
• A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave.
• I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame. But when you weigh that against all the things that are really and…
• I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.
• There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.
• 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…
• 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.
• Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it…
• If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.
• I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to…
• I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
• 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…
• People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.
• The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.
• I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.
• Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and…
• Baseball regards us as sheep.
• 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…

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