Reggie was a star and the Yankees, like how Yankees do, threw money at him. 29, 1976, Jackson, the prize catch in the first-ever batch of MLB free agents, signed a five-year, $3.5 million contract with the New York Yankees. Reggie Jackson was one of the first, and splashiest, of the big free agent contracts in the era following Flood, contracts that have come to define the game. Flood lost the case (and his career), but it led to the establishment of free agency. Kuhn in front of the US Supreme Court in 1972. Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1973, bookending the first era of integration - a Black player breaks the most sacred of all records set by the most sacred of all players.Ĭurt Flood challenges the reserve clause in 1969, ultimately arguing his case in Flood v. Jackie Robinson breaks the colour bar in 1947, ushering in the first era of integration. It's remarkable how so much of baseball in the middle of the 20th century is defined by the actions of Black players.
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