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It’s been 50 years since a lawyer’s decision unlocked free agency in MLB and changed sports forever

File-This 1968 file photo shows St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood. Flood set off the free-agent revolution 50 years ago Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, with a 128-word letter to baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, two paragraphs that pretty much ended the career of a World Series champion regarded as among the sport’s stars but united a union behind his cause. (AP Photo/File) By Ronald Blum associated press NEW YORK — Sports were turned upside dow…
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The Philadelphia Sunday Sun broke the news in Philadelphia, United States on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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