Quiz for you Voodoo( agent quiz)
1)who was the first player that challenged the reserve clause . Curt Flood
2) 1st player to hire an agent. Mr Coffee Joe Dimaggio hired a Hollywood agent and held out during spring training
3) First free agent on open market . Catfish Hunter, Charlie Finley broke a his contract by not sending $50,000 to Catfishes Mom. Went on the open market after winning the 1974 Cy Young and got 3.5 million for 5 years with the Yankees. Dave Mc Nally and Andy Messersmith went through the courts and gave all the players the rights to free agency when their contract was up
4) name the player and agent that caused all the loophole free agents in 1996
Bobby Seay, with Scott Boras help learned of a loophole where the teams had to submit a written minor league contract withing 5 days of drafting you, 20 teams hmmm forgot, 5 players took advantage of it