I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.
Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.
The baseball establishment is permissive about revelry.
I'm a human being. I'm not a piece of property. I'm not a consignment of goods.
If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.