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

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Baseball is better without the Manfred Man…

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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Baseball is better without the Manfred Man…

History buffs will enjoy this book

You don’t have to be an attorney or law student to love this book

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"

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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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

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"

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

#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.

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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"

Come for the pre-game concert…stay for the ball game!

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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“Don’t Arrest Scalpers”

With 150K people demanding the 37K tickets for the 1st game of the 1924 #WorldSeries  starting on 10/4/1924 in Washington, D.C., police were ordered not to arrest scalpers as long as they were licensed ticket brokers.

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Hold that Tiger🐯

53 years ago, Detroit Tiger fans celebrated in the streets of Detroit after the Tigers won the AL East Pennant on 10/3/72

Many of the enthusiastic celebrants were arrested for over doing it

Will 2025 Tigers win the AL Pennant? Good luck Tigers

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#WorldSeries  99 years ago

It was reported on 10/2/1926 that Branch Rickey, Cardinals VP, warned the public against buying tickets for the Fall Classic "from other than legitimate sources as a precaution against counterfeit tickets"

“Attorneys in the Hall of Fame”

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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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