Robert Smith
👤 Speaker
1416
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
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Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
I feel like lawyers always talk about innings, so you must be so psyched if it's a baseball game.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
Flood's lawyers appeal the case.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
And the Supreme Court of the United States agrees to take the case.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
The Super Bowl of trials.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
In a minute, when our program continues.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
We know that it's supposed to be the World Series.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
The press box is overflowing.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
People are spilling out onto the courthouse steps or whatever.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
But you know one person who is not there?
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
Kurt Flood, at this point, is apparently living in Mallorca, a Spanish island in the Mediterranean, working part-time as a sports announcer for an English-language radio station, also working part-time at a bar.
Planet Money
How we got free agents in baseball
Kurt Flood is generally having a tough time at this point in his life.