Today in baseball: 1970, Curt Flood files lawsuit vs MLB
Today in 1970, Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood, after refusing to report at Spring Training of the Philadelphia Phillies after he was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals, filed a lawsuit against MLB’s commissioner Bowie Kuhn and all 24 MLB teams. Flood’s case even made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Three-time All-Star, seven-time Gold…