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1969 – On this day in 1969, center fielder Curt Flood of the St. Louis Cardinals writes a letter to Bowie Kuhn, the commissioner of major league baseball, protesting the Cardinals’ decision to trade him to the Philadelphia Phillies and asking to be made a free agent. All MLB players should be forever grateful to this man for his courage. Flood should rank right up there with Jackie Robinson.
Curt Flood Letter to Bowie Kuhn 12241969
