A Well-Paid Slave (68 page)

168 Greenberg, who believed: TT, 239-40 (Greenberg).

168 Greenberg, however, added: TT, 247:18-19 (Greenberg).

168 Greenberg also admitted: TT, 247:17-18 (Greenberg).

168 peak form: TT, 243:11-15 (Greenberg).

168 “I would be perfectly”: TT, 241:12-14 (Greenberg).

168 Marvin Miller retook: TT, 250-84 (Miller).

168 “tried too hard”: Brosnan,
The Long Season
, 224.

168 “He's the first pitcher”:
WP
, 4/19/66, C4.

169 DeWitt demanded prior: Jim Brosnan interview; TT, 331-33 (Brosnan); Golenbock,
The Spirit of St. Louis
, 430.

169 The Player further: Uniform Player Contract, para. 3(c). 169 DeWitt withheld: TT, 332-33 (Brosnan).

169 “You're being censored”:
SGD
, 3/27/63, 3C.

169 “You can't write here”: Jim Brosnan interview.

169 $32,000 to $25,000:
LAT
, 3/11/64, B1.

169 “Brosnan can be had”: TT, 323:18 (Brosnan).

169 Europe:
TSN
, 12/7/63, 37, 42.

169 “Situation Sought”; “Free Agent”:
TSN
, 3/7/64, 21.

169-70 Only the unconventional; Brent Musburger: Jim Brosnan interview.

170 The American Civil Liberties Union:
NYT
, 3/8/64, sec. 5, 3.

170 Bill Iverson called; “Why am I”: Ibid.; TT, 348-49.

170 “I didn't perceive”: Jim Brosnan interview.

170 Brosnan spent two: Ibid.; TT, 348-49 (Brosnan).

170 On the day of his testimony: Jim Brosnan interview.

170 “fiercely racist”: Red Smith interview, 35, Chandler Collection.

170-71 The two men; Brosnan was eager; “What has”: Jim Brosnan interview.

171 “He is a large”:
WP
, 4/19/66, C4.

171 Brosnan explained: TT, 299:7-301:21.

171 “My wife threatened”; “She gave”: TT, 301:22-302:11 (Brosnan).

171 Paul Menking: Jim Brosnan interview;
TSN
, 6/13/70, 8.

171 36 cents postage due: TT, 324:3 (Brosnan).

171 “This is your testimony”: TT, 324:18-24 (Cooper).

172 On the reserve clause, Brosnan mentioned: TT, 340-43 (Brosnan).

172 “When a ballplayer”: TT, 346:24-347:14 (Brosnan).

172 Brosnan never; “Why was”; “There's a time”; “We don't seem”; “When your”: Jim Brosnan interview.

173 “blur”: Flood, “The Legacy of Curt Flood,”
Sport
, 11/77, 38.

173 He shared a suite: Allan Zerman interview.

173 Flood also went out for drinks: Max Gitter interview; Bill Iverson interview.

173 One afternoon: Ibid.; Jay Topkis interview.

174
If you're expecting: NYTM
, 11/30/69, 134.

174 Brown even came: Judy Pace Flood interview.

174 His Warwick Hotel suite: Interview (anon.) by author.

174 The secretaries at Paul, Weiss: Bill Iverson interview.

174 Feeling the pressure:
Sport
, 11/77, 39.

174 The rest of the trial: Flood,
The Way It Is,
204-5.

175 “Did you ever have”: TT, 511:22-25 (Cooper).

175 a move that must have: Robert Kheel interview.

175 “So far as I know”:
CST
, 6/2/70, 82.

175 “Some of Curt's friends”: Ibid.

175 Flood and Zerman: Allan Zerman interview;
SGD
, 5/29/70, 2B.

175 “Curt Flood still likes”:
LAT
, 5/30/70, C4.

175 The night before he pitched: Allan Zerman interview.

176 “I know we talked”: Joe Torre interview.

176 “[I]f I had it”: Miller,
A Whole Different Ball Game
, 197 (emphasis in original).

176 “obviously not”; “was free”: TT, 601:2-9, 602-3 (Hughes).

176 All of Flood's witnesses: TT, 614:6-11, 616:22-25 (Hughes).

177 “we are fortunate”: TT, 622:9-25 (Topkis).

177 it was time for
Toolson
: TT, 624-25 (Topkis).

177 insurance companies: TT, 629-31 (Topkis).

177 “The only difference”: TT, 632:15-24 (Topkis).

177 “I would ask”: TT, 633:6-11 (Topkis).

177 “high moral tone”; “I think”: Kuhn,
Hardball
, 70.

178 Kuhn acceded: Marvin Miller interview.

178 “[T]he Lords of Baseball”:
NYDN
, 5/17/70, 141.

178 “decorated in Early Authority”: Bouton,
Ball Four
, 416.

178 Kuhn tried: Ibid.; Holtzman, “Attendance and Litigation Were Up in 1970,” 302;
CST
, 6/2/70, 82.

178 The commissioner viewed: Kuhn,
Hardball
, 86.

179 that “baseball as we know it”: TT, 717:17-18 (Kuhn).

179 “Baseball as we know”; “The only aspect”:
NYT
, 6/14/70, 3.

179 Without the reserve clause; “exhibition business”: TT, 717:4-16 (Kuhn).

179 “chaotic conditions”: TT, 680:20-681:4 (Kuhn).

179 Topkis countered: TT, 817 (Topkis and Kuhn).

179 Four teams: TT, 906 (Topkis and Kuhn).

179 Both Kuhn: TT, 741:16-742:2 (Kuhn); TT, 963:23-24, 984:12-16, 1078-80

(Feeney).

179 Feeney raised: TT, 963:22-24 (Feeney).

180 “the public's confidence”: TT, 1080:13-18 (Feeney).

180 Kuhn made an equally: TT, 660:7-8, 693 (Kuhn).

180 During a routine double play:
TSN
, 9/24/47, 6;
CT
, 9/12/47, 32;
NYT
, 9/12/47, 39; Robinson,
My Own Story
, 129, 158-59; Tygiel,
Baseball's Great Experiment
, 204; Rampersad,
Jackie Robinson
, 184-85. On the Robinson-Slaughter incident, see
A Well-Paid Slave
, 52, 377.

180 “made a crack”: Robinson,
My Own Story
, 129, 158.

180 Garagiola spent: Kahn,
The Era
, 96-98; Allen,
Jackie Robinson
, 138-39; Garagiola,
It's Anybody's Ballgame
, 160.

180 Garagiola spelled:
NYT
, 6/3/70, 35.

180 “Do you always”: TT, 1176:23-25 (Cooper and Garagiola).

180 “I wish you”: TT, 1177:12-13 (Garagiola).

180 “To me”: TT, 1183:17-19 (Garagiola).

180 Topkis declined: Jay Topkis interview.

181 “Being traded”: Thorn, et. al., eds.,
Total Baseball
, 6th ed., 2505.

181 “one of the finest”: TT, 1219:10-19 (Cronin).

181 “Didn't he attain”; “That I don't”: TT, 1220:15-17 (Topkis and Cronin).

181 “jumped his reserve clause”: TT, 1221:2-3 (Topkis).

182 Kauffman said $125,000: TT, 1513:6-7, 11-14 (Kauffman).

182 “How much”; “I don't know”: TT, 1513:19-22 (Topkis and Kauffman).

182 “Eddie”: Veeck,
Veeck As in Wreck
, 14.

183 “discriminate[d] against”; “a short ballplayer”: Ibid., 21.

183 As the owner; In Cleveland: Ibid., 60, 159.

183 “I have tried”: TT, 2037:6-7 (Veeck).

183 Although disputed: Compare Veeck,
Veeck As in Wreck
, 171-72, with Jordan et al., “A Baseball Myth Exploded,” 3-13. Historians have given more credence to Veeck's story with the discovery of more contemporaneous references to his alleged plot to stock the Phillies with black players. Lanctot,
Negro League Baseball
, 444 n. 41.

184 “After all”: TT, 1984:6-7 (Veeck).

184 After Veeck received: TT, 2018-19 (Veeck); Veeck,
Veeck As in Wreck
, 275-77.

184 “legally and morally”; “Some very knowledgeable”:
NYP
, 6/11/70, 91;
CST
, 6/25/72, 141;
NYT
, 2/3/81, B18;
WP
, 5/31/81, D4.

184 During a three-hour dinner: Miller,
A Whole Different Ball Game
, 365-67.

184 “I was prepared”: Jay Topkis interview.

185 Veeck initially agreed: Memo, Gitter and Topkis to Goldberg, 5/7/70, Telephone Logs 1970, Goldberg Papers, Box I:135, Folder 4.

185 The owners' lawyers: TT, 919-26.

185 where they ate salmon: Bill Iverson interview.

185 Iverson was concerned: Ibid.

185 Tribute to Bill Veeck: TT, 1959:20-1960:9 (Topkis and Veeck).

185 The owners: Bill Iverson interview;
WP
, 5/31/81, D4.

185 Doctors at the Mayo Clinic: Veeck,
Veeck As in Wreck
, 378-79.

186 Miller sat there; “Bill”: Miller,
A Whole Different Ball Game
, 367.

186 “Well, I presume”: TT, 1959:12-14 (Veeck).

186 Topkis then read: TT, 1959:15-1960:9 (Veeck).

186 “he had thought”: Jay Topkis interview.

186 “wouldn't dislocate”: TT, 1965:25 (Veeck).

186 Veeck advocated: TT, 1967:10-11, 1967-69 (Veeck).

186 “though it grieves me”: TT, 1971:23-1972:3 (Veeck).

186 “not a question”: TT, 1972:11-13 (Veeck).

187 “Everyone should once”: TT, 1974:6-13 (Veeck).

187 He believed that teams: TT, 1977, 1981 (Veeck).

187 “I think that it would”: TT, 1976:2-4 (Veeck).

187 “I would say”: TT, 1988:7-8 (Kramer).

187 Goldberg: TT, 1999-2001 (Goldberg).

187 Cooper asked; “I know”: TT, 2008:18-20 (Cooper).

188 “I'm sorry”: TT, 2008:25 (Veeck).

188 “I find that question”: TT, 2023:24-2024:3 (Veeck).

188 “I think it is”: TT, 2035:22-23 (Veeck).

188 “intractable minds”:
NYT
, 6/11/70, 59.

188 He walked out:
NYP
, 6/10/70, 112.

188 “necessary”:
WP
, 10/9/70, D2.

188 15 trial days: Major League Baseball Post-trial Brief, 4 (on file with author).

188 “leadership”; “exemplary”: TT, 2274:25-2275:2 (Cooper).

188 “your hair-trigger”: TT, 2275:5-7 (Cooper).

188 “As to the case”: TT, 2075:16-23 (Cooper).

189 “The law doesn't”; “‘Only death' ”; “‘Much harm' ”: TT, 2076:6-12 (Cooper), quoting
In re J. P. Linahan
, 138 F.2d 650, 652, 652-53 (2d Cir. 1943).

189 “That is the effect”: TT, 2076:13-14 (Cooper).

189 Flood was not present:
NYT
, 6/11/70, 59.

189 Nor was he:
WP
, 6/9/70, D2;
WP
, 5/27/70, F3.

189 “bedding and boozing”: Flood,
The Way It Is,
207.

189 Members of Flood's legal team: Interview (anon.) by author.

189 Carter's 12-year-old son, John: John Carter interview.

190 The IRS was on his tail:
SGD
, 8/4/70, 3B.

190 In early August, Marian: Flood,
The Way It Is,
207-8.

190 The failure to file: Letter from Missouri Secretary of State to Allan Zerman, 1/1/71, on file with author.

190 She never remarried: Marian Jorgensen interview; Judy Pace Flood interview.

190 He initially checked into: Flood, “The Legacy of Curt Flood,”
Sport
, 11/77, 39.

191 He checked out: Ibid.; Flood,
The Way It Is,
209.

191 “In Denmark”:
WP
, 10/15/70, G1.

191 In
Federal Baseball
and
Toolson
: Flood Post-trial Brief, 58 (on file with author).

191 “Who is the real”: Owners' Post-trial Brief, 5-7.

191 Cooper's 47-page typewritten:
Flood v. Kuhn
, 316 F. Supp. 271, 277 (S.D.N.Y. 1970).

192 He rejected: Ibid., 279-80.

192 He found: Ibid., 278.

192 “has the right”: Ibid., 281.

192 “To the Four Freedoms”:
BES
, 8/19/70, C4.

192 Prior to the trial:
Flood v. Kuhn
, 316 F. Supp., 276.

192 Cooper also predicted; “the reserve clause”: Ibid., 283-84.

192 “We are bound”: Ibid., 285.

192 “I am particularly pleased”; “Judge Cooper only”:
NYT
, 8/13/70, 53.

193 Miller chided:
NYDN
, 8/15/70, 31.

193 Arthur Goldberg heard the news:
NYT
, 8/13/70, 23, 53.

193 He won over a few reporters:
NYTM
, 11/1/70, 25, 59.

193 “This is the end”:
NYT
, 8/13/70, 53.

193 “wants to come back”:
WP
, 8/13/70, H1.

193 On August 31:
SPD
, 9/1/70, 1C, 2C;
SGD
, 9/1/70, 3B;
PI
, 9/1/70, 22;
NYT
, 9/1/70, 40;
WP
, 9/1/70, 46. Retrosheet and
baseballreference.com
place the date of the transaction as August 30.

193
International Herald Tribune
: Flood, “The Legacy of Curt Flood,”
Sport
, 11/77, 39;
BMS,
4/26/81, C10. Compare Flood,
The Way It Is,
209 (Flood says he heard about the decision “by mail”).

193 “permanent home”; He had begun:
NYP
, 10/29/70, 72.

193 His only American visitor: Judy Pace Flood interview.

193 American soldiers: Flood,
The Way It Is,
209;
NYP
, 10/29/70, 72.

194 “a vacation resort”: Flood,
The Way It Is,
209.

195
Washington Post
sportswriter Leonard Shapiro:
WP
, 10/15/70, G1. The article was written by William Gildea, but he distinctly remembers another
Post
reporter conducting the initial interview. William Gildea interview. The reporter was almost certainly Shapiro, who remembered calling overseas and interviewing Flood as a young reporter. Leonard Shapiro interview; e-mails from Shapiro to author, November 22 and 23, 2005. Gildea mentioned the phone number in a subsequent article.
WP
, 11/8/70, 46.