Stepping Up: The Story of Curt Flood And His Fight for Baseball Players’ Rights

Documents the history-making lawsuit of the St. Louis Cardinals all-star baseball player who objected to his trade to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1969, discussing how his case helped advance the rights of professional athletes, in an account that includes coverage of Flood's childhood in Oakland, his early career in a racially torn South, and his frustrations with the sport's mistreatment of black players.