rons , ▁were ▁as ▁rac ist ▁as ▁any ▁he ▁had ▁ever ▁met ▁in ▁the ▁south , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁going ▁to ▁live ▁there ▁or ▁work ▁there .” ▁Co inc ident ally , ▁Allen ▁was ▁the ▁player ▁the ▁" Ph ils " ▁sent ▁to ▁St . ▁Louis ▁as ▁its ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁b arg ain ▁for ▁Flo od . ▁ ▁{{ quote ▁box ▁| align = right ▁| width = 3 3 % ▁| quote = Mar vin ▁was ▁a ▁ground bre aker . ▁Play ers ▁of ▁my ▁era ▁and ▁the ▁player ▁of ▁today ▁should ▁appreciate ▁the ▁benefits ▁that ▁resulted ▁from ▁Mar vin ' s ▁leadership . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁great ▁way ▁of ▁communic ating ▁and ▁rel ating ▁the ▁issues ▁to ▁us . ▁I ▁was ▁proud ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁players ▁that ▁sat ▁alongside ▁him . ▁| source = ▁— ▁Joe ▁Torre , ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁executive ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁baseball ▁operations ▁and ▁former ▁ML B ▁player ' }} ▁ ▁Flo od ▁wrote ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁then ▁Commission er ▁of ▁Baseball ▁B owie ▁Ku hn ▁stating ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁view ▁himself ▁as ▁" property " ▁and ▁instruct ed ▁Ku hn ▁to ▁notify ▁all ▁teams ▁in ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁willing ▁to ▁consider ▁financial ▁offers ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁any ▁team ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁season . ▁ ▁Flo od ▁had ▁chosen ▁to ▁ignore ▁the ▁age ▁old ▁reserve ▁clause , ▁which ▁prevent ed ▁him ▁from ▁negoti ating ▁with ▁any ▁ML B ▁team ▁until ▁he ▁had ▁sat ▁out ▁a