On this day in 1997, former Major League Baseball outfielder Curt Flood passed away at the age of 59. Flood famously challenged baseball’s reserve clause in 1969, a bold move that laid the foundation for free agency and the multimillion-dollar contracts players earn today. His fight for labor rights transformed professional sports, despite costing him his own career.
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