Buddy Gilbert Was a Special Teammate to Curt Flood

Before joining the Nashville Vols, Buddy Gilbert spent two seasons in Savannah, a Cincinnati Reds farm club, just like Nashville. One of his teammates in 1957 was Curt Flood, a 19-year-old prospect who played third base for the ball club.

Flood would go on to be a star player for the St. Louis Cardinals. He would become well-known for challenging Major League Baseball's reserve clause, too, but early in his career he was impacted by kindness shown to him by Gilbert.

In this episode I tell about the relationship between the two; I hope you will listen!

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