0 , 0 0 0 ▁sal ary . ▁ ▁Short ly ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁season ▁concluded , ▁Dev ine ▁sent ▁Flo od ▁a ▁ter se , ▁two ▁sentence ▁letter ▁not ifying ▁him ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁trad ed ▁to ▁the ▁then ▁National ▁League ▁East ▁cell ar ▁dwell ing ▁Philadelphia ▁Phill ies . ▁ ▁Flo od ▁took ▁the ▁trade ▁as ▁an ▁ins ult ▁and ▁also ▁viewed ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁pun ishment ▁by ▁Card inals ▁management ▁for ▁his ▁increased ▁sal ary ▁dem ands . ▁ ▁Philadelphia ' s ▁Sh ibe ▁Park ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁most ▁dil ap id ated ▁in ▁the ▁major ▁le agues ▁compared ▁with ▁Bus ch ▁Stadium ▁that ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 . ▁ ▁Wor se ▁still , ▁Phill ies ▁fans ▁had ▁earned ▁a ▁reputation ▁for ▁being ▁vir ul ent ▁rac ists ▁as ▁was ▁ev iden ced ▁by ▁the ▁ep ith ets ▁and ▁garbage ▁they ▁hur led ▁at ▁black ▁player ▁Dick ▁Allen . ▁ ▁( So ▁bad ▁was ▁Allen ' s ▁treatment ▁at ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁Phill ies ▁fans , ▁he ▁took ▁to ▁we aring ▁a ▁batt ing ▁hel met ▁while ▁playing ▁in ▁the ▁field .) ▁At ▁a ▁conference ▁held ▁in ▁his ▁honor ▁at ▁New ▁York ▁University ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Miller ▁re called ▁what ▁Flo od ▁had ▁said ▁to ▁him ▁about ▁Philadelphia ▁before ▁fil ing ▁the ▁law suit : ▁“ On ▁his ▁experiences ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁he ▁said ▁he ▁had ▁observed ▁that ▁the ▁people ▁at ▁the ▁ball park , ▁pat