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Lou Schiff & Bob Jarvis, team up again as co-editors for a new book, "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame" (McFarland) Have questions about baseball law issues? - DM us. Want to do a review or story about our book? DM us & we will get back to you
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Smacked in the face with a thrown baseball

a Yankees fan filed suit against the Marlins on 10/15/04 after getting hit in the face by a ball tossed into the stands by Juan Pierre during the 2003 #WorldSeries  

The established "BB Rule" usually bars recovery

#BaseballandtheLaw 581-602
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"The Drop Seen 'Round the World"

BARTMAN🎧10/14/03

The Chicago Cubs were 5 outs away from the #WorldSeries for the 1st time since '45

Bartman tried & Moises Alou didn’t catch the ball

The Marlins came from behind & won game 6, then won game 7

#BaseballandtheLaw 900

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2003 NLCS Gm 6: Bartman interference | 10/14/2003
Chicago fan Steve Bartman interferes with Moises Alou, extending Luis Castillo's at bat
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Hey Amazon Prime members...

"Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame" is on sale now with free shipping & next day delivery for only $30.15.

Order now for early holiday gifts for your favorite attorneys, law students, & baseball fans!

"Definitely a must-have"
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Would you like to do a review of our new book “Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame” for your publication? Send us a DM for information! Thanks!
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History buffs will enjoy this book

You don’t have to be an attorney or law student to love this book
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John "Monte" Montgomery Ward

Ranks as one of the greatest players in history & one of the game’s most erudite players. Earning a degree from Columbia Law, he also spoke 5 languages.

Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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"The Drop Seen 'Round the World"

BARTMAN🎧10/14/03

The Chicago Cubs were 5 outs away from the #WorldSeries for the 1st time since '45

Bartman tried & Moises Alou didn’t catch the ball

The Marlins came from behind & won game 6, then won game 7

#BaseballandtheLaw 900

www.mlb.com/video/bartma...
2003 NLCS Gm 6: Bartman interference | 10/14/2003
Chicago fan Steve Bartman interferes with Moises Alou, extending Luis Castillo's at bat
www.mlb.com
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Hey Amazon Prime members...

"Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame" is on sale now with free shipping & next day delivery for only $30.15.

Order now for early holiday gifts for your favorite attorneys, law students, & baseball fans!

"Definitely a must-have"
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Would you like to do a review of our new book “Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame” for your publication? Send us a DM for information! Thanks!
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Baseball is better without the Manfred Man…
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Did you know that on 10/12/49 Vin Scully called his 1st game?

It was atop the roof of Fenway Park. It was college football, not Major League Baseball.

The generational voice of the Dodgers called the U of Maryland beating Boston University 14-13 on CBS.

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Coming up later this morning...
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Saturday, October 11, 2025; 11am - 1 pm PST Zoom joint
SABR meeting of:

Sacramento Dusty Baker and the SF-Bay Area-Lefty O'Doul chapters

All SABR members are welcome to come

A presentation by Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Ed Edmonds, a co-author of "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame"
Professor Ed Edmonds bobblehead dressed up in his favorite team uniform. Book cover for "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame" published by McFarland
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Baseball is better without the Manfred Man…
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History buffs will enjoy this book

You don’t have to be an attorney or law student to love this book
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John "Monte" Montgomery Ward

Ranks as one of the greatest players in history & one of the game’s most erudite players. Earning a degree from Columbia Law, he also spoke 5 languages.

Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame

20% off from @mcfarland.bsky.social until 10/15, use code: "Ward20"
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Saturday, October 11, 2025; 11am - 1 pm PST Zoom joint
SABR meeting of:

Sacramento Dusty Baker and the SF-Bay Area-Lefty O'Doul chapters

All SABR members are welcome to come

A presentation by Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Ed Edmonds, a co-author of "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame"
Professor Ed Edmonds bobblehead dressed up in his favorite team uniform. Book cover for "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame" published by McFarland
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Baseball Cards and the Law, the underbelly of collecting

October 10, 2013 - Bill Mastro, head of Mastro Auctions, pled guilty to altering the “Wayne Gretzky” Honus Wagner T206 baseball card to make it more valuable.

Read "The Card" by Michael O’Keeffe

#BaseballandtheLaw 912
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John "Monte" Montgomery Ward

Ranks as one of the greatest players in history & one of the game’s most erudite players. Earning a degree from Columbia Law, he also spoke 5 languages.

Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame

20% off from @mcfarland.bsky.social until 10/15, use code: "Ward20"
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Bat Slip...

On 10/9/1941 Boston Red Sox Dom DiMaggio was sued for injuries a fan allegedly sustained when the fan was hit by a baseball bat that slipped out of DiMaggio's hand during an exhibition game at LA's Wrigley Field

#BaseballandtheLaw 581 - 602, baseball rule bars recovery
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Hall of Famer and attorney Walter O'Malley made it official on 10/8/57 announcing that starting in '58 the Brooklyn Dodgers would be playing ball in L.A., leaving NYC without an NL team.

Learn more about O'Malley and the other 10 Hall of Fame attorneys in "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame"
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Hall of Famer Tony La Russa spoke Spanish before English

Dad's family was from Italy. Mom's was from Spain

He was born in Tampa

At age 34 on 10/8/79 Bill Veeck signed him to his first full managerial contract, just months after graduating from FSU College of Law, becoming the youngest MLB manager
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#WorldSeries   Ticket Scalping...

Baltimore Orioles ticket prices for the 1970 Fall Classic were hitting record highs on 10/6/1970.

Postal officials (illegal use of the mail) and police were making arrests, warning secondary market sellers would be prosecuted.

#BaseballandtheLaw 838-56
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Paying the ultimate sacrifice

MLB 3rd baseman Eddie Grant, Harvard Law 1909, was the first MLB player to die during WW I. He was killed by German fire trying to rescue the "Lost Battalion" on 10/5/18

Although not a member, learn about Capt Grant on p 227 in "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame"
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Come for the pre-game concert…stay for the ball game!
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Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer, Tony La Russa.
3x World Series winning manager
Awarded MOY in both AL & NL
From West Tampa American Legion Teams and onto managing the Athletics, White Sox & Cardinals.
3 World Series rings
Happy Birthday Tony!
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Tony La Russa images in Cardinals, White Sox and A's uniforms accompanied with Tony's Hall of Fame HOF plaque.
3x World Series winning mananger