Curt Flood

[tdawg87]

6 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

 

Jesus H. Christ.

You guys spend your days on a BASEBALL message board?

[Taylor]

34 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Jesus H. Christ.

You guys spend your days on a BASEBALL message board?

We don't qualify for the AARP yet.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Cool. What was their OPS+.  Tim Anderson has more hits last year than Mike Trout.   

Career is different than a single year. 

 

[Lou]

37 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Not  a lock for the Hall of Very Good.

He should be in The Hall of Good But Not Great Hitters.

[disarcina]

9 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Flood said in an interview that not one player had ever thanked him for what he did for the players.

Flood was pretty bitter about his treatment by MLB and specifically later on, from MLB players - when a journeyman MIF made millions and was set for life - something that Curt Flood's sacrifices literally made possible.

Vegas Halos Fan has it right about Curt Flood's potential had he played a full career - not mentioned in his post (but implied and is true) -- Curt Flood's actions made him a target of MLB owners and establishment and he was pretty much persona non gratis in baseball and teammates tended to steer clear of him and the controversy surrounding him -- he was essentially hounded out of MLB.  Now, he did have a reputation as being a difficult person but that's the attitude it took to take the stand that he did and - ultimately, YEARS LATER, got the results that he did.  The top dollar players are always going to be the top dollar guys - Curt Flood's sacrifices certainly made their lives better -- but the ones who really should be grateful for Curt Flood's actions and sacrifices are the utility players and back of the pen 25th guy on the roster with four or five year (total) MLB careers who made several million a year.....

 

[Inside Pitch]

Flood definitely deserves mention in the HOF (along with Messersmith and McNally) and possibly induction for his contributions, but he wasn't on a HOF trajectory as a player.   

No doubt he got shafted.

 

[happybat4]

6 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Flood definitely deserves mention in the HOF (along with Messersmith and McNally) and possibly induction for his contributions, but he wasn't on a HOF trajectory as a player.   

No doubt he got shafted.

 

He was definitely borderline projector. He was at his peak and had over 40 WAR. He could have finished with 60-70 career War. 

[yk9001]

Jesus, guys he changed the entire landscape of major league baseball.

who in the f cares about his WAR?

[yk9001]

Can you imagine this board from October to March of there were no Curt Flood?

 

[Docwaukee]

48 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Can you imagine this board from October to March of there were no Curt Flood?

 

TRADES!!!

[Dick B Back]

Its Curt Flood’s fault we ended up with Hamilton. Just saying...

[happybat4]

3 hours ago, yk9001 said:

Jesus, guys he changed the entire landscape of major league baseball.

who in the f cares about his WAR?

I'm arguing that with his contribution And actual playing career he should be a no Brainer. I think his role in free agency, while monumental, actually makes people downplay his career. 

[Taylor]

3 hours ago, yk9001 said:

Jesus, guys he changed the entire landscape of major league baseball.

who in the f cares about his WAR?

I've never heard of him, so he couldn't have been that good.

[tdawg87]

If this guy was white YK wouldn't give the slightest shit.

[Lou]

3 hours ago, yk9001 said:

Jesus, guys he changed the entire landscape of major league baseball.

who in the f cares about his WAR?

[Lou]

Curt Flood is a cool name

[tdawg87]

Would be better if his name was Richard.

[Lou]

Curt Richard?

[Docwaukee]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

Curt Richard?

curt dick wouldn't be my choice for a name.  

[Lou]

Just now, Dochalo said:

curt dick wouldn't be my choice for a name.  

tdawg disagrees

[tdawg87]

I do. 

[Dick B Back]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

Would be better if his name was Richard.

What?