Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Clarification: BBO--Flood's Memorabilia
Published
Nov. 11, 2009 10:25 p.m. ET

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In a Nov. 10 story on an auction of baseball memorabilia, The Associated Press reported that the late St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood is remembered as a player who paved the way for free agency. The story should have noted that Flood's lawsuit against Major League Baseball failed and that the Andy Messersmith-Dave McNally arbitration decision in 1975 overturned baseball's reserve clause, clearing the way for free agency.
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