ANAHEIM,CA - CIRCA 1986: Joe Torre California Angels broadcaster interviews Curt Flood at a old timers game at the Big A circa 1986 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Owen C. Shaw/Getty Images)
There are two paths available for Curt Flood into the Baseball’s Hall of Fame. However, only one will likely get this St. Louis Cardinals legend there.
Curt Flood has always been a controversial figure in baseball. Primarily, because he challenged baseball’s reserve clause after the St. Louis Cardinals traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies in October 1969, in which he refused to accept.