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Reserve Judgement: How one national pastime (baseball) has been injured by another (the law). 10 Dec, 2013. Web. Retrieved from: http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/reserve-judgment_750039.html# This source explained reserve clause and baseball's exemption from state antitrust laws almost ruined baseball. Acocella, N. (n.d.). Flood of free agency. Retrieved 09 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/flood_curt.html>. This source was gave information about Curt Flood and his personal story. It was a story of his life, rather than a story of free agency.

Allen, B.. N.p.. Web. 13 Nov 2013. <http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/how-curt-flood-changedbaseball-and-killed-his-career-in-the-process/241783/>. Gives great quotes on from Curt Flood and others involved in the story. These quotes were used around our website. Animations, Best. Spinning Baseball Animation. N.d. Photograph. Best Animations Web. 2 Dec 2013. <http://bestanimations.com/Sports/Baseball/Baseball2.html>. From this website we received a gif of spinning baseball that is used on the bottom of every page. Archives, National. Unites Sates. District Court. Letter to Bowie K. Kuhn, Commissioner of Baseball from Curtis C. Flood stating that he had the right to consider offers from other baseball clubs before signing a contract, 12/24/1969. 1969. Print. <http://research.archives.gov/description/278312>. This letter to Bowie Kuhn was written by Curt Flood and was asking for free agency. Associated Press. (12 Dec 2010). MLB's average salary eclipses $3M. Retrieved 06 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5915468>. This was a recent article about the ever growing salaries of players. b0swell. Jim Northrup triple - Game 7 1968 World Series - Tigers vs. Cardinals. Online video clip. YouTube. Youtube, 08 June 2011. Web. 14 Dec. 2013 Retrieved from <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6jXgINHZA>.

This was the video clip of Curt Flood making his most famous mistake, dropping a ball and costing the Cardinals the World Series in 1968. Brady, Pat. Curt Floods Suit of Baseball. 1997. University of Virginia, Virginia. American Studies at the University of Virginia. Photograph. 11/21/2013. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/am483_97/projects/brady/flood.html>. This source gave us pictures and good quotes from people involved in the case. We also retrieved a picture of curt flood when he played for the Cardinals. Burns, H. (13 Jul , 2011). Curt Flood's Sacrifice: Sports' Most Meaningful Trade. 12 Dec, 2013. <http://bleacherreport.com/articles/766021-curt-floods-sacrifice-sports-mostmeaningful-trade>. This site was specifically about the trade and the motives of Curt Flood to do what he did. Butz, B. (2013). Grounding Into a Double Standard: Understanding and Repealing the Curt Flood Act. 11 Dec, 2013. <http://www.umassd.edu/media/umassdartmouth/schooloflaw/students/studentorganizati ons/umasslawreview/umasslawreview2013/butz.pdf From this source we retrieved

Calcaterra Craig, . N.p.. Web. 11 Nov 2013. <http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/24/rearguing-the-curt-flood-case/>. This website provided information about how the Curt Flood case changed history, and how it was that Curt went about suing baseball. Chuck, Grassley, Biden Joe, Feinstein Dianne, and Durbin Dick. United States. Judiciary Committee. S. Rept. 105-118 - CURT FLOOD ACT OF 1997. Washington D.C.: , 1997. Web. Retrieved from: <http://beta.congress.gov/congressional-report/105thcongress/senate-report/118/1>. This was document about the Curt Flood Act of 1997. It was proposed by United States Congress members. Clinton, W. (27 Oct 1998). Statement on Signing the Curt Flood Act of 1998. Retrieved 12 Dec, 2013). Retrieved from <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PPP-1998book2/html/PPP-1998-book2-doc-pg1884.htm>. This is a speech given by William Clinton about the signing of the 1998 Curt Flood Act which established that baseball was in fact covered in anti-trust laws.

Cooper, . 19 Nov 2013. <http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3400690367137024405&hl=en&as_sdt= 4006>. This was a transcript of the district level court case. Coppernoll, T. (29 April 2013).Baseball in the Blood Interview with Shelly FloodI am Curt Floods daughter, my siblings and I are the children of Curt Flood, and were proud of that. Retrieved 15 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://www.baseballintheblood.com/?p=251.> This was an interview with Curt Flood daughter. She gave insight about how her father was as a person and how she viewed him. Depken, C. (n.d.). Free Agency in Professional Sports. Retrieved 6 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://belkcollegeofbusiness.uncc.edu/cdepken/P/freeagency4.pdf>. This site gave some pros and cons of free agency. Fletcher, B. (12 April 2012). Baseball strikes out with Curt Flood and Marvin Miller. Retrieved (8 Dec 2013). Retrieved from <http://daytonatimes.com/2012/04/12/baseball-strikes-outwith-curt-flood-and-marvin-miller/>. This website was arguing that both Curt Flood and Marvin Miller should be in the hall of fame. Gains, C. (21 Jan, 2001). CHART OF THE DAY: Baseballs Salaries up 6,600% due to Free Agency. Retrieved 12 Dec 2013. <http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-major-league-baseball-salaries-since1970-2011-1>. This website stated that baseball salaries had gone up more than 6,000% due to free agency. Haupert, Michael. MLBs Annual Salary Leaders, 1874-2012. Society For American Baseball Research. Business of Baseball Research Committee newsletter, 30 March, 2013. Web. 9 Dec, 2013. <http://sabr.org/research/mlbs-annual-salary-leaders-18742012> This website gave the statistics for the highest salaried players in baseball since the 1874.

Hirschberg, C. n.d. n. page. <http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1108789/index.htm>. This website describes what a struggle it was for Curt Flood to take on the owners and the troubles he faced afterwards. Johnson R. (17 Jan 2011). Curt Flood and Free Agency The End of the Reserve Clause. Retrieved 12 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://historyrat.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/curt-flood-and-free-agency-the-end-of-thereserve-clause/#comment-1540>. This website gives information and insight about how big of a move Curt Flood made. It was revolutionary for that time. Kendrick, S. n. page. <http://baseball.about.com/od/majorleaguebasics/a/freeagentprimer.htm>. This source gives information about how the current free agency system works. Korr, C. (2002). Curt Flood and the Players Union: Turning to Defeat into Free Agency. Retrieved 11 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://collections.mohistory.org/media/CDM/gateway/97.pdf>. This source gave the story and lead up of the Curt Flood Case. LaFauci, R. (6 Apr, 2013). Being Curt: How a player not named Robinson changed baseball forever. 10 Dec, 2013. http://sports.politicususa.com/2013/04/06/being-curt-how-a-player-not-named-robinsonchanged-baseball-forever.html This site states that Curt Flood is just as much of a hero as Robinson, he tore down barriers of his time. Lore, Paul. "The real legacy of Curt Flood." STL Today[St. Louis] 19 July 2011, n. pag. Web. 24 Nov. 2013. <http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/article_466fdba5-a5d85796-a760-a4777e20a15c.html>. Gives information about Curt Floods struggle for Free Agency. Manuel, D. N.p.. Web. 9 Dec 2013. <http://www.davemanuel.com/inflationcalculator.php?>. This website helped convert money from Curt Floods time to our current time.

Mrsportshistorian. Curt Flood. Online video clip. Youtube. Youtube. 02, Oct. 2009. Web. Retrieved 10 Dec. 2013. Retrieved from <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es5CUZYCdZ0>. This online video clip gave us information on Curt Flood and his overall story. Included an interview with Curt Flood. Nathanson, Mitchell J, . N.p.. Web. 19 Nov 2013. <http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=mitchell_nathanso n>. This source gave a history of where the power in baseball has laid, starting with the owners. "CURT FLOOD AND FREE AGENCY: A BASEBALL REVOLUTION." Needham Public Schools. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Dec 2013. <http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002_p5/baker_p5_102_db_br/curt_flood.htm>. This source was about Curt Flood and how he was the first of his kind, being black, and making a bold move like changeling the reserve clause. No Author. Flood and Marvin Miller Enter the Courthouse. 1970. SportsLawTalk, St. Louis. SportsLawTalk.com. Photograph. 11/21/2013. From this source, we retrieved a picture of Curt Flood walking into the courthouse with Arthur Goldberg No Author. Curt Flood Batting Color Photo. 1963. CardinalStuff, St. Louis. CardinalStuff.com. Photograph. 11/21/2013. This source gave us a picture of Curt Flood while at bat. He is halfway through a swing. This is a picture of the letter that Curt Flood composed and sent to Bowie Kuhn, asking for free agency. N.A. (29 March 2013). Baseball Salaries for 2013. Retrieved 10 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://sports.newsday.com/long-island/data/baseball/mlb-salaries2013/?currentRecord>. This website gave all of the salaries of all of the current MLB players. N.A. (2010). Major League Baseball Salaries. Retrieved 5 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://www.baseball-almanac.com/charts/salary/major_league_salaries.shtml.>

This source gave the average salary in addition to the lowest salary limit (proposed by MLBPA) for every five years starting in 1975. N.A. (2013) Curt Floods Suit Against Baseball Ruled. Retrieved 09 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/curt-floods-suit-against-baseballruled>. Gives story of the case. Tells how the public responded. N.A. St. Louis Cardinals Primary Logo. Digital Logo. Sports Logos. Retrieved 16 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://www.sportslogos.net/logos/view/3zhma0aeq17tktge1huh7yok5/St._Louis_Cardin als/1998/Primary_Logo>. This source was used to get a picture of the current St. Louis Cardinals Logo. . N.p.. Web. 6 Nov 2013. <http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/floodcu01.shtml>. This source was very useful in supplying information on how Curt played, his statistics and awards in his career. . N.p.. Web. 7 Nov 2013. <http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/curt-flood-case-decided>. This website was used to find the causes for the case, and also how the case was resolved. It gave viewpoints from both the players side and the owners side. N.p. Web. 2 Dec 2013. <http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Reserve_clause>. The website explained how it was that the reserve clause in baseball worked. PBS. (2002) Baseball Timeline. Retrieved 25 Nov 2013. Retrieved from <http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/timeline/>. This source gave a timeline for all of baseball and was useful in placing events in context. Sports Reference LLC, . N.p.. Web. 21 Nov 2013. <http://www.baseballreference.com/players/f/floodcu01.shtml>. This website was about Curt Floods career and all of the awards and feats he accomplished. Rhoch, Stan. N.p.. Web. 6 Dec 2013. <http://articles.philly.com/2011-0712/sports/29765016_1_curt-flood-slavery-documentary>.

This is about the documentary made about curt flood. It says that it Waters Down the True Legacy of Curt Flood Sisson, M. (23 Dec, 2008) Today in Baseball History Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally. Retrieved 12 Dec 2013. Retrieved from <http://seamheads.com/2008/12/23/today-inbaseball-history-andy-messersmith-and-dave-mcnally/>. Snyder, Bran. A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports. New York: Penguin Group, 2007. Print. This book is about Curt Floods life, and his revolutionary move to challenge the reserve clause. Totenberg Nina, . N.p.. Web. 11 Nov 2013. <http://www.npr.org/2013/05/23/186314129/justice-sotomayor-takes-swing-at-famedbaseball-case>. This source provided lots of in-depth information about the court cases at multiple levels. United States. United States Supreme Court. Flood v. Kuhn - 407 U.S. 258. Washington D.C.: , 1972. Print. <http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1568944639886480553&q=Flood v. Kuhn - 407 U.S. 258&hl=en&as_sdt=4006&as_vis=1> This is the court transcription on what happened. It gave useful elements about the what happened in court and arguments for both sides that were presented in the supreme court. Vecsey, G. (26 Oct, 2006) Flood Missed a Fly, but Made a Stand That Changed Baseball. 10 Dec, 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/sports/baseball/26vecsey.html?_r=0> Curt Flood is the man who is responsible for the high salaries in todays baseball, and he sacrificed his career for it.