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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
As I read what Bill was saying, he was making the case for Flood the player. Perhaps I misunderstood. In any event, I am not a big fan of people getting in for off-field achievements.
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Peter, that's totally understandable. I wasn't trying to show that Flood merited inclusion based off of his play. More to the point, I was trying to show that he gave up an excellent career for his principles. The final eight years of his career he averaged 197 hits per 162 games played. He was still an outstanding, Gold Glove-winning center fielder. He has several years ahead of him, yet he sacrificed a good deal of money (for the times) because he didn't feel that teams had the right to do whatever they wanted with their players.
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