Stepping Up: The Story of All-Star Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball Players' Rights Год выпуска: 2006Автор: Alex BelthИздательство: Страниц: 224ISBN: 0892553219Описание At last, a biography of the all-star baseball player who stood up to injustice. Curt Flood was a dazzling center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals when, in 1969, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. But instead of accepting his fate, Flood shocked baseball by suing the sport over its Reserve Clause, an age-old rule that bound players to their teams in perpetuity. His extraordinary case went all the way to the Supreme Court and helped pave the way for major advancements in the rights of professional athletes. Stepping Up is Flood's astonishing story. Accessible to teens but of interest to baseball fans of all ages, it begins with Flood as a an artistic black kid in Oakland, and continues with his eye-opening experience as a minor leaguer in the racist South. It describes Flood's years with the exciting Cardinals teams of the 1960s (with teammates like Stan Musial, Joe Torre, and Bob Gibson), and his increasing frustrations with baseball's...
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Николай Большое Вам cпасибо за помощь. Хвала "Студенточке"! Что бы так опекали нас, студентов, я не встречал нигде. Еще раз большое и искреннее спасибо.
