Robert Smith
speaker
1,476 appearances
11 recordings
6 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 8 Jul
Robert Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He did eventually get sober, moved back to the U.S., and eventually became recognized for what he'd done for baseball, and for that matter, for all of professional sports.
And he did have this last kind of big moment in 1994.
At the time, the baseball players were on strike.
Among other things going on, there were accusations that teams were colluding to suppress pay for free agents.
And the strike was dragging on and on.
They had canceled the World Series.
And some of the players started wondering if they should just call off the strike and go back to work.
Yeah, public opinion was shifting against them.
So they called in Flood to give the players a pep talk.
And Kurt Flood stood up in a room full of Major League Baseball players, and he told them, you know, stand your ground.
I fought so you could be where you are today.
He said, and this part's a direct quote, don't let the owners put the genie back into the bottle.
And when he finished, the players stood up and applauded.
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Literally wherever they're listening to Planet Money right now.
And also on YouTube.
Just recorded one on Lloyd's of London about insurance.
Great Planet Money subject.
Got Southwest Airlines, Warren Buffett, Sears, Thomas Edison, a lot.
Also, special thanks to Gabriel Hunter-Chang and Ryan Dilley at Business History.
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