St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals appear in How we got free agents in baseball as [[CurtFlood|Curt Flood]]’s team before the 1969 trade to the [[PhiladelphiaPhillies|Philadelphia Phillies]]. Under the [[BaseballReserveClause|reserve clause]], the Cardinals effectively controlled Flood’s MLB labor market even after his existing contract period, making the team the source’s concrete example of [[LaborMonopsony|labor monopsony]].

Connections

• Curt Flood, [[PhiladelphiaPhillies|Philadelphia Phillies]], and Major League Baseball - source case.
• Baseball Reserve Clause, Labor Monopsony, and Baseball Free Agency - concepts illustrated by the trade.