The funeral for Curt Flood, the former St. Louis Cardinal center fielder who took a lawsuit against baseball for his free agency all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, will be Monday at 1 p.m. at First AME Church, 2270 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles.
Flood, who died Tuesday at 59 after a long illness, never realized his quest, but his suit paved the way for today's players to earn millions of dollars through the free-agent system.
