A Well-Paid Slave (66 page)

114 There were a few others: Flood,
The Way It Is
, 198.

114 “We think Flood”:
HC
, 2/7/70, sec. 1, 10.

114 had railed against: Gerald Early interview.

114 “The Man Who Fights”: Thompson, “Man Who Fights Power Structure of Baseball,”
Jet
, 2/12/70, 1.

114 “It will be a bit”: “Found—An Abe Lincoln of Baseball,”
Ebony
, 3/70, 110.

114 “Even if you”:
PC
, 3/21/70, 15.

114 Lacy had led the fight: Snyder,
Beyond the Shadow of the Senators
, 177-201.

115 “Flood's decision”:
BAA
, 1/6/70, 16.

115 Rustin was relegated: D'Emilio,
Lost Prophet
, 475-77.

115 “Flood stands”:
PT
, 2/17/70, sec. 2, 15.

115 “Flood is fighting”: Edwards,
Revolt of the Black Athlete
, xix.

115 Many of them threw: Sammons,
Beyond the Ring
, 206.

116 But, as heroic as Ali; Flood, by contrast: Gerald Early interview.

116 They wrote angry letters:
TSN
, 1/31/70, 4;
TSN
, 2/7/70, 4;
TSN
, 2/14/70, 4;
CT
, 1/21/70, C3;
CT
, 1/23/70, C3;
CT
, 2/19/70, C3;
CT
, 5/26/70, C3;
CT
, 11/9/71, C3;
BRA
, 1/27/70, in Miller Papers, Box 3, Folder 9.

116 Soon after Flood's lawsuit: Ron Jacober interview.

116 “Once you were”; “is making it”; “I'm not trying”:
SGD
, 1/24-25/70, 1E.

117 “If I had 600 players”:
WP
, 4/2/73, D4;
LAT
, 4/2/73, E2;
BES
, 4/5/73, D11.

117 One of the game's: Carl Yastrzemski interview.

117 “That backing”:
CST
, 1/20/70, 80;
NYT
, 1/20/70, 36.

117 On January 22, he sent: Letter from Miller to Yastrzemski, 1/22/70, Letter from Yastrzemski to Miller, 1/15/70, Miller Papers, Box 8, Folder 20;
BG
, 1/30/70, 21-22;
TSN
, 1/31/70, 36.

117 “yo-yo”; “If Yastrzemski”:
SGD
, 1/30/70, C1.

118 “As far as I'm concerned”:
SPD
, 1/28/70, 3E;
PDN
, 1/28/70, 58;
TSN
, 1/24/70, 35.

118 “I can't speak”:
BG
, 1/30/70, 21.

118 A few months later, Howard signed:
SPD
, 3/11/70, 4E.

118 Howard said:
BG
, 1/30/70, 21.

118 Years later: Frank Howard interview.

118 “We played”: Cal Yastrzemski interview.

118 Ted Williams:
WP
, 1/23/70, B2.

118 Joe DiMaggio; Ralph Kiner:
SFE
, 2/8/70, C3.

118 Robin Roberts:
TSN
, 1/24/70, 38;
PEB
, 1/6/70, 49.

118 Bob Feller:
WP
, 9/13/70, 41.

118 Gil Hodges:
PI
, 6/16/70.

119 Gaylord Perry:
OT
, 2/19/70, 39.

119 Ron Santo:
CT
, 1/22/70, sec. 3, 2.

119 Even Harrelson:
TSN
, 2/7/70, 38.

119 Hank Aaron: “left out”:
TSN
, 2/7/70, 6.

119 Soon after those comments:
SPD
, 2/20/70, 2C.

119 “If Curt”:
OT
, 2/10/70, 34.

120 “do-nothing”:
LAT
, 3/16/68, A1.

120 With his salary approaching $150,000: From 1966 to 1969, Mays made $125,000 per season.
NYT
, 2/28/69, 69. The reports on Mays's salary for 1970 vary. Mays,
Say Hey
, 244 (claiming he made $160,000); Einstein,
Willie's Time
, 328 (putting Mays “in the $150,000 bracket” around 1972);
NYT
, 1/15/70, 73 (Mays as highest salary in majors);
NYT
, 2/14/70, 17 ($150,000);
NYT
, 7/19/70, 137 ($130,000 plus endorsements);
WP
, 3/2/71, D1 ($135,000 in 1970). The following year, Mays signed a two-year contract that paid him $155,000 to $160,000 for 1971.
WP
, 3/2/71, D1.

120 “I can understand”:
OT
, 2/10/70, 34.

120 “Willie Mays, Ernie Banks, and Henry Aaron”:
CT
, 1/22/70, sec. 3, 2.

120 Billy Williams: Ibid., 4.

120 “To me”:
BAA
, 5/12/70, 17.

120 Oscar Robertson:
BAA
, 6/11/66, 27.

121 “We hope”:
PI
, 1/21/70, 26.

121 “I'm certainly”:
WP
, 1/21/70, D2.

121 “It's going to”:
SGD
, 1/20/70, 2C;
WP
, 1/21/70, D2.

121 Hockey players:
NYT
, 1/21/70, 52.

121 “You're crazy”; “a few hundred paces”: “Curt Flood,”
ESPN SportsCentury
.

121 “Guys who come”; “If he succeeds”: Speers, “Why Curt Flood Won't Play for the Phillies,”
PI Magazine
, 5/17/70, 7-8.

121 “Something had to be done”:
OT
, 3/8/70, 5C;
TSN
, 2/7/70, 38.

121 “Flood is going to go”; “You have to understand Curt”:
CPD
, 3/8/70, 2-C.

122 “Curt Flood, my hat's”:
NYDN
, 3/14/70, G26;
SPD
, 3/13/70, 6B.

122 “If you want to”: Thompson, “Man Who Fights Power Structure of Baseball,”
Jet
, 2/12/70, 53.

122 Before the 1966 season: Leavy,
Sandy Koufax
, 201-12.

122 “I have to give”:
LAT
, 4/11/70, C3.

122 “We just feel”:
WP
, 12/30/69, D1.

122 “We're not interested”:
NYP
, 1/2/70, 72.

122 “I think he's right”:
BAA
, 1/24/70, F-19.

122 “The way I feel”:
TSN
, 1/24/70, 35.

122 Cardinals player representative:
SPD
, 1/27/70.

123 “Maybe I”:
NYP
, 1/17/70, 63.

123 “[a]s far as I'm concerned”:
TSN
, 2/21/70, 14.

123 “I'd play in”; “I can't understand”; “the wrong guy”:
AJ
, 1/20/70, 1C.

123 “I remember Gene Mauch”: Ron Brand interview.

123 “the Pope burning down”; “If they wipe”:
TSN
, 2/7/70, 45.

123 Richards explained:
AJ
, 1/21/70, 1-D, 7-D;
TSN
, 1/24/70, 14.

123 “Realistically”:
TSN
, 3/7/70, 7.

124 “Instead of a sport”:
TSN
, 3/28/70, 16;
SPD
, 3/11/70, 1E.

124 “We're much better”; “How good”:
PDN
, 4/1/70, 47.

124 “I can only believe”:
TSN
, 1/24/70, 38;
PEB
, 1/6/70, 49.

124 “I'm certain that Miller”:
CT,
3/26/70, F4.

124 “I think Curt”:
OT
, 3/8/70, 5C.

126 Jay Topkis hoped: Jay Topkis interview.

126 “emotionally unstable”: Cooper Nomination Hearing (Cooper Hearing), 43;
NYT
, 3/20/62, 1.

126 He berated: Cooper Hearing, 102, 108, 124.

126 In April 1955: Ibid., 202-5.

126 “an apology”: Ibid., 205.

127 “personal wear”; “constant anxiety, irritation”:
NYT
, 3/20/62, 33.

127 “like a baby”; “a crummy”: “The Judge Takes the Stand,”
Time
, 8/17/62, 16.

127 “Bellevue Ben”: Goulden,
The Benchwarmers
, 65.

127 “a persecution complex”; Cooper was the most controversial: “Day in Court,”
Time
, 3/30/62, 16.

128 “screamed at me”: Brill, “Benching of Bad Judges,”
Esquire
, 4/10/79, 22.

128 The firm's lead partner: Cooper Hearing, 27-28; Jay Topkis interview;
NYT
, 3/20/62, 33.

128 Cooper reportedly: Brill, “Benching of Bad Judges,”
Esquire
, 4/10/79, 22.

128 “We got the madman”: Lou Hoynes interview.

128 During his own testimony: Cooper Hearing, 353-54.

128 The vice chairman:
NYT
, 7/9/61, 79;
NYT
, 7/8/62, 56; Jay Topkis interview.

129 In requesting an injunction: 2/3/70 Tr., 19-20, NARA, NY.

129 “The fact that”: Ibid., 26:11-16.

129 “counteroffer”: Ibid., 30:5-15.

129 “The Court announces”: 2/3/70 Tr., 30:17;
NYT
, 2/4/70, 50.

129 When the hearing resumed: 2/3/70 Tr., 32-35.

129 “It is very difficult”: Ibid., 50:18-25.

130 “business may fail”: Flood Affidavit, para. 9 (on file with author), NARA, NY.

130 “fledgling business”: 2/3/70 Tr., 54:14-21.

130 Hughes also read: Ibid., 55; Devine Affidavit, para. 4 and Exh. A, NARA, NY.

130 “if this system”: 2/3/70 Tr., 56:13-17;
NYP
, 2/4/70, 100.

130 Porter briefly added: 2/3/70 Tr., 58-63.

130 “You have thrown”: Ibid., 67:25-68:2.

130 “You do”: Ibid., 68:5-11.

131 “having second thoughts”:
TSN
, 2/14/70, 14.

131 Flood's world: Flood,
The Way It Is
, 200-203.

131 “Why I Am”: Flood, “Why I Am Challenging Baseball,”
Sport
, 3/70, 10, in Thorn, ed.,
The Armchair Book of Baseball
, 130.

131 Dave Oliphant: Dave Oliphant interview; Flood,
The Way It Is
, 199-200.

131 In late February: Dave Oliphant interview; Flood,
The Way It Is
, 202-3.

132 “I read them”; “The book's gone”; That same afternoon; “Curt was addicted”; “I really thought”: Dave Oliphant interview.

132 Baseball's status:
Flood v. Kuhn
, 309 F. Supp. 793, 797 (S.D.N.Y. 1970).

133 “[f]or years”: Ibid., 809.

133 Flood called Zerman: Allan Zerman interview.

133 “The failure”:
NYT
, 3/5/70, 49.

133 Flood told Jorgensen: Flood,
The Way It Is
, 200-201.

133 “I'm a baseball player”; He decided: Ibid., 201.

134 “It's my life”; “Let's face it”; “And besides”:
SGD
, 3/6/70, 2B.

134 “I'm not a millionaire”; “It's just”: Ibid.;
SPD
, 3/6/70, 2C.

134 Flood felt better: Flood,
The Way It Is
, 202.

134 The day after Judge Cooper's decision:
NYT
, 3/4/70, 1;
NYT
, 3/6/70, 22.

135
New York Post
columnist Pete Hamill:
NYP
, 12/8/69, 49.

135 “I don't want”; “How can you”:
NYT
, 3/6/70, 22.

135 “Meanwhile, goddamnit”:
Village Voice
, 3/12/70, 13 (emphasis in original).

135 At least one newspaper columnist:
Hudson
(N.J.)
Dispatch
, 1/19/70, Goldberg Papers, Box II-81, Folder 6;
TSN
, 2/7/70, 4.

135 Miller called Goldberg: Phone log, Goldberg Papers, Box I-135, Folder 4.

135 He did not have: Marvin Miller interview.

136 Topkis had played a major: “1969 Report,” Goldberg Papers, Box I-76, Folder 3.

136 “Topkis will do”: William Sloane Coffin Jr. interview.

136 Goldberg's decision to run: Jay Topkis interview.

136 As a Yale law student: Jay Topkis interview.

136 “Monopoly in Professional Sports”: 58
Yale L.J.
691 (1949).

136 “It is of great importance”: 3/24/70 Tr. 15:12-14, NARA, NY.

136 “We are ready”: Ibid., 20:24-25, 21:2-3.

137 Carroll said the Phillies: Ibid., 26:23-24.

137 “Mr. Flood”: Ibid., 27:17-18.

137 “But I can tell”: Ibid., 28:16-17.

137 “Because speaking”: Ibid., 29:2-6.

137 “Flood is a mature man”: Ibid., 30:13-21.

137 A week later in Cooper's chambers: 3/31/70 Tr., 26:22-27:6, Hagley Museum, Accession 1352, Box 9.

138 The owners wanted: Ibid., 29:19-20.

138 But, realizing: Ibid., 29:24-30:6, 36:3.

138 “what the rush is”: Ibid., 43:9-10.

138 “Mr. Flood has waited”: Ibid., 48:9-11.

138 Goldberg wanted: Ibid., 33:3-4.

138 “The rush is”: Ibid., 45:13-15.

138 “Our posture”: Ibid., 47:23-48:4.

138 “I was told”: Ibid., 39:7-14.

138 The next day at Grossinger's:
NYT
, 4/2/70, 1, 32;
WP
, 4/2/70, A1, A6.

139 At Hughes's request: Letter from Cooper to Hughes, 4/1/70, Letter from Hughes to Cooper, 4/1/70, NARA, NY, SDNY.

139 “I think it would”: 3/31/70 Tr. 51:11-12.

139 As the commissioner:
PI
, 2/24/70, 19;
BMS
, 4/5/70, A-1.

139 “farce”; “The ‘Alice in Wonderland' ”: Axthelm, “Slap on the Wrist,”
Newsweek
, 4/13/70, 48.

139 He thought he could: Kuhn,
Hardball
, 85.

140 “I don't owe”; “Jackie was great”: Monte Irvin interview.

140 Irvin called: Flood,
The Way It Is
, 203; Irvin,
Nice Guys Finish First
, 198.

140 The commissioner offered: Kuhn,
Hardball
, 85.

140 Irvin promised: Monte Irvin interview.

140 “Damnit, Monte”; “He'd”: Flood,
The Way It Is,
203.

140-41 “Listen, Curt”; “I don't have”; “I think”; “disgusted”: Monte Irvin interview.

141 “a feather”: Irvin,
Nice Guys Finish First
, 198.