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Is Uniform-Destroying Pitcher Chris Sale Actually a Labor Hero?
Hiding behind Sale's gloriously immature workplace vandalism is a downright feudal labor practice: the sports trade.
Throwback Thursday: Danny Gardella's Forgotten Challenge to Baseball's Reserve Clause
Decades before Curt Flood, there was little-known Danny Gardella, a fly-ball-phobic journeyman whose offseason Mexican League play led to a court case that nearly upended MLB's reserve clause.
Throwback Thursday: When Curt Flood Tried To Get Free
In 1969, Curt Flood went up against baseball's reserve clause, which kept players beholden to their teams forever. He didn't win, but he started something big.
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