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Kurt Flood was a professional baseball player who challenged the reserve clause in Major League Baseball.

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Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball

And Kurt Flood stood up in a room full of Major League Baseball players, and he told them, you know, stand your ground.

Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball

His case went all the way to the Supreme Court, kind of ruined Curt Flood's life, and it helped change professional sports forever.

Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball

But Kurt Flood did not really have a choice.

Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball

And on top of that, Kurt Flood was Black, and Phillies fans had a history of treating the team's Black players badly.

Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball

Kurt Flood didn't want to go to Philadelphia.

Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball

But when he rolled over and picked up the phone at 4 a.m., a middle manager from the Cardinals front office told Kurt Flood he had just been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball

Flood was 31 years old at the time, and he'd spent the last 12 years, almost his entire adult life, playing center field for the St.