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John M. Ward was a court referee. On 5/18/1895 the NY Times reported he recommended to the NY Supreme Court that George W. Proctor Knott, the past president of the Manhattan Athletic Club, pay his ex-wife $25 a week in alimony and pay her lawyer $500 in fees. #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame 90

John M. Ward was a court referee. On 5/18/1895 the NY Times reported he recommended to the NY Supreme Court that George W. Proctor Knott, the past president of the Manhattan Athletic Club, pay his ex-wife $25 a week in alimony and pay her lawyer $500 in fees. #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame 90

The Mouse is in the house On 5/15/1996, Disney and Anaheim finalized an amended lease agreement for Angels Stadium renovations estimated at $100M. Anaheim contributed $20M plus $10M in stadium advertising revenue, while Disney covered the remaining costs. #BaseballandtheLaw 376

The Mouse is in the house On 5/15/1996, Disney and Anaheim finalized an amended lease agreement for Angels Stadium renovations estimated at $100M. Anaheim contributed $20M plus $10M in stadium advertising revenue, while Disney covered the remaining costs. #BaseballandtheLaw 376

Not able to Cement a New Deal... 5/14/1920 the NY Giants announced they would not renew the Polo Grounds lease to the #Yankees when their lease was up The "House that Ruth Built" was built with a new type of cement invented by Thomas Edison #BaseballandtheLaw 505

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Falling from Grace... Cubs star first baseman Mark Grace was sued by his soon to be ex-wife Michelle for $20M on May 13, 1993. She claimed that Grace breached an oral and implied contract to share incomes for the rest of their lives #BaseballandtheLaw, Divorce, 740–43, 745–56

"Beisbol been berry, berry good to me!" Chico Escuela, iconic fictional character 5/12/79, Anchorman Bill Murray of Saturday Night Live #WeekendUpdate reported that 42 year-old #LGM  All-Star 2nd baseman Chico Escuela, played by Garrett Morris, was quitting baseball. #BaseballandtheLaw 9

Say Hey. Welcome Back Kid The Giants traded Willie Mays to the #LGM  on May 11, 1972. During his 2 years back in NY he hit 14 homers in 135 games for the Mets Mays finished his career playing for the Mets in the 1973 World Series #BaseballandtheLaw xxvi

For the Birds.. During the 1979 MLB umpire strike, a replacement umpire ejected the ENTIRE Cardinals bench in the 9th inning of a game that dragged on for 16 innings 😳 The Cards responded by launching equipment onto the field to protest the call on 5/9/79. #BaseballandtheLaw 243

No…gift is for mom No crying in Baseball Promotions A male fan opposed a 5/8/2005 Angels Mother's Day give-a-way saying the gender specific gift intentionally discriminated & was unreasonable, arbitrary, or invidious The courts made quick work and threw out his claim #BaseballandtheLaw 885-88

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Your turn… Many of you have asked us who we believe will be the next attorney enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame This week we ask you: “Who do you believe will be the next attorney enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame?” Go ahead…there aren’t any incorrect answers

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Sheriff threatens to arrest fans and players at Sunday baseball game May 6, 1906 Stamford, Conn. 3k fans were sent home for watching baseball on a Sunday The only place Sunday baseball should be illegal is @loanDepotpark watching @Marlins 🤣 #BaseballandtheLaw 5-6

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You can ring that [Albert] Belle 5/4/1998, after a year long investigation by #MLB, White Sox slugger Albert Belle, was finally cleared of betting on baseball A lifetime .295 hitter, Belle admitted to betting on basketball, football & golf; losing $40K #BaseballandtheLaw 112

Better Call Saul Flying Baseball Bat Knocked Victim "Senseless" May 3, 1889: 24 years before "The Baseball Rule" was adopted by the Courts in Crane v. Kansas City Baseball, the Macon Telegraph reported 2 fans were injured by a bat that flew from the hands of a player #BaseballandtheLaw 576

Reports circulated the National League’s Louisville Colonels offered Monte Ward (Columbia Law 1885) a salary of $5,000 to serve as the team’s general manager & manager Below, "Louisville After Johnny Ward", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 1, 1896, at 11 #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame 91

Hate Crime & Anti-Semitic Remarks = Suspension On 4/30/2012 #MLB suspended Tigers LF Delmon Young for 7 days for tackling a man wearing a yarmulke and yelling, "You bunch (expletive) Jews!" He plead guilty to harassment and performed community service #BaseballandtheLaw 620

"Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame" Ranked #2 - Amazon Best Seller for Sports Law On sale...in paperback for $38.49 Free Amazon shipping and next day delivery "Must read for baseball fans and attorneys" Mississippi Sports Law Review "a must have" @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social

On 4/29/2015, the Orioles played the White Sox at Camden Yards in front of zero fans. Riots following Freddie Gray’s death forced the game to be played behind closed doors — the only crowdless MLB game in the modern era. Orioles won 8-2 in total silence #BaseballandtheLaw 567

Let’s go over the rules just One-More time… Don’t take a ball from a kid If you get a ball—give it to a kid Any questions? #BaseballandtheLaw sports.yahoo.com/articles/gua...

About 3 years after the lawsuit was filed, and on the day before the trial was set to being, the case was settled for an undisclosed amount. In a joint statement from the parties attorneys... "...the parties are pleased to put this matter behind them."

From the what were the odds of hitting a fan in the stands with a chair🪑 at the Oakland Coliseum dept... A woman suffered a broken nose because a Rangers pitcher threw a chair into the stands at a @Athletics game She filed a lawsuit on 4/28/05 #BaseballandtheLaw 576

Happy Monday! Sunrise at Deerfield Beach #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame #BaseballandtheLaw

Umpires Arrested... It was usually the players or the owners who got arrested for playing baseball on a Sunday, but in South Carolina, the local sheriff decided the umpires should be the ones arrested for overseeing a Sunday game on 4/26/1942 #BaseballandtheLaw 5-6

Curt Flood's Last Game, 4/25/71 After Flood sat out the ‘70 season, Philadelphia sold its rights to him to Washington (AL). Washington & Flood came to terms for a '71 salary of $110K ($883K value in ‘26)Flood was dissatisfied with his performance and left baseball on 4/27/71 #BaseballandtheLaw 64

A Happy Day... April 24, 1945, Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler, Sr was unanimously elected commissioner of baseball. He replaced commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis who died on 11/25/1944 These are two of the 11 attorneys enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame

A tangible piece of the Federal League still exists... Wrigley Field, the 2nd oldest #MLB ballpark (Fenway Park is #1), was originally for the Federal League’s Chicago Whales The 1st game was held on 4/23/1914. Whales beat the Kansas City Packers 9–1 #BaseballandtheLaw 52

On a clear day… You can put bleachers on top of your house and charge admission to watch a baseball game across the street. So ruled the Michigan Supreme Court on 4/22/1886, 100+ years before the Cubs tried to stop rooftop sales across the street from #WrigleyField #BaseballandtheLaw 860-61

Precursor case to free agency... On 4/21/1902 the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania enjoined Nap Lajoie from playing for the AL Phil Athletics after he jumped from the NL Philadelphia Phillies. Phila Ball Club v Lajoie 51 A. 973 (Pa 1902) #BaseballandtheLaw 34-38

Happy 4/20 Day for those who celebrate… Marijuana was legalized in Colorado for personal use in 2012 But don't expect to go to the Mile HIGH city and use it at a Rockies game at Coors Field. Photo below taken at Coors Field in 2021 #BaseballandtheLaw 745

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Not Fan Duel approved: After the #BlackSox lost the 1919 #WorldSeries, Cubs Mgr Fred Mitchell said on 4/17/20 he wouldn't release the names of the Cubs pitcher until his line up card was handed to the umpire, in order to curtail gamblers from betting. #BaseballandtheLaw 98-111

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Anthony La Russa, is the 11th attorney & the only living attorney who is a Baseball Hall of Famer 4/16/24 Today @elonuniversity.bsky.social ran a story about his talk with Elon Law students "leadership, law school & baseball" #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame 222 n 78 www.elon.edu/u/news/2024/...

Walter O'Malley the Boy Scout... Did you know O’Malley earned 32 merit badges and reached the rank of “Life scout”? When he was 14, the Brooklyn Eagle ran a story on 4/15/1918, about him receiving a service medal for selling Liberty Loan bonds #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame 199-200 note 18

The 1st president to throw out an #OpeningDay   pitch was William Taft. He did so on 4/14/1910 as he watched the Washington Senators beat the A's 3-0; thus starting one of the most famous traditions in #MLB He also was the 10th Chief Justice of #SCOTUS #BaseballandtheLaw 259

Meet the Mets With a steady rain ☔️ & temperatures in the low 40's, NL baseball returned to #NYC on 4/13/62 as 12,477 fans went to the Polo Grounds to witness the Mets play their 1st ever home game, losing to the Pirates 4-3 on Friday the 13th #LGM  #BaseballandtheLaw 484, 505

Death at the ballpark Shibe Park opened on 4/12/1909 and A's catcher Doc Powers crashed into a wall while chasing a foul, sustaining internal injuries. He died 2 weeks later from complications, becoming the 1st MLB player to die from an on-field injury #BaseballandtheLaw 781

Cleanest promotion department… “Holy Giveaway!” 🧼⚾️ The Charleston River Dogs celebrated the U.S. visit of #Pope Benedict XVI with "Pope Soap on a Rope" night on 4/12/08. The first 1,0Oo fans received a soap figurine likeness of the #HolyFather #BaseballandtheLaw 567

How Federal Base Ball lawsuit began A jury awarded $240k in damages on 4/11/1919 in favor of the Baltimore Fed. L. club against the A.L. & N.L. for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act The award would eventually be overturned by the US Supreme Court #BaseballandtheLaw 50-3

Law degree? ✅ Baseball legacy? ✅ Hall of Fame? Also ✅ Who are we talking about? 👀 #AttorneysInTheBaseballHallOfFame

Hank Aaron experienced racial taunting during the 1973–74 #MLB seasons while he was chasing Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record Aaron’s momentous 715th blast came on April 8, 1974. Hammering Hank finished his career with 755 homers. #BaseballandtheLaw 338, 634

Cooperstown isn’t just about players. It’s about pioneers—including those in the law. ⚾⚖️ Read: #AttorneysInTheBaseballHallOfFame www.amazon.com/Attorneys-Ba...