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A Rod Suspended On 8/5/12 #MLB Commissioner Selig suspended A-Rod "for 211 regular-season games...[for]...conduct that is materially detrimental or materially prejudicial to the best interests of baseball" An arbitration panel upheld the suspension #BaseballandtheLaw 137-48
A Fowl Story Over a Fowl... On 8/4/83 Dave Winfield was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after his warm-up toss unintentionally struck and killed a seagull in #Toronto Charges were later dropped and he received an apology from the local police #BaseballandtheLaw 770
A Rod Suspended On 8/5/12 #MLB Commissioner Selig suspended A-Rod "for 211 regular-season games...[for]...conduct that is materially detrimental or materially prejudicial to the best interests of baseball" An arbitration panel upheld the suspension #BaseballandtheLaw 137-48
A Fowl Story Over a Fowl... On 8/4/83 Dave Winfield was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after his warm-up toss unintentionally struck and killed a seagull in #Toronto Charges were later dropped and he received an apology from the local police #BaseballandtheLaw 770
"Jury Frees Baseball Men" "Wild Scenes in the Court" "Jury Acquits @WhiteSox After 2 Hours; Lifts Them on Shoulders" 8/2/21, the #Blacksox accused of throwing the 1919 #WorldSeries were acquitted. below - chicago tribune; ny times ⬇️⬇️ #BaseballandtheLaw p 98-107
Jurisdictional battle… The lawsuit Pete Rose first filed in state court v #MLB was removed to Federal Court Rose knew he had a better chance to win in state court, so on 8/3/89 he announced he would appeal the removal of his case. He lost… #BaseballandtheLaw 107-10 Rose v Giamatti
"Jury Frees Baseball Men" "Wild Scenes in the Court" "Jury Acquits @WhiteSox After 2 Hours; Lifts Them on Shoulders" 8/2/21, the #Blacksox accused of throwing the 1919 #WorldSeries were acquitted. below - chicago tribune; ny times ⬇️⬇️ #BaseballandtheLaw p 98-107
Baseball & the Law suit "Anytime you're in court you have to worry about the consequences, which is why I think lawsuits and baseball are not good things generally" 8/1/92, Faye Vincent He was the 8th MLB commissioner (‘89-‘92) and a ‘63 Yale Law School grad #BaseballandtheLaw 104-5
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Want to learn more about George Steinbrenner & his rocky relationship with #MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn? Read: "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame" @mcfarland.bsky.social, page 177, page 182 fn 83 The print and Kindle edition are on sale @amazon.bsky.social #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame
#BaseballandtheLaw⚾️🏛️@baseballandlaw.bsky.social · 7d agoThe end of an error: King George Loses Throne On 7/30/90 #Yankees owner George Steinbrenner agreed to go on the permanent ineligible list & give up the day-to-day running of his club. He was reinstated in '93 but remains the only owner suspended 3x #BaseballandtheLaw 186-98
The end of an error: King George Loses Throne On 7/30/90 #Yankees owner George Steinbrenner agreed to go on the permanent ineligible list & give up the day-to-day running of his club. He was reinstated in '93 but remains the only owner suspended 3x #BaseballandtheLaw 186-98
If you are scoring at home, what a difference 72 hours make: GO FISH
Harry C. Pulliam, president of the National League, committed suicide on July 29, 1909 John Montgomery Ward was considered a shoo-in to replace him but after a stalemate in voting by owners, Thomas J. Lynch, a former major league umpire, was picked #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame 95
“ tyrannical” Is what the Ocala Star Banner called the law banning Sunday baseball after the Florida Supreme Court found the law to be constitutional on 7/28/1905. West v State 39 So 412 The Florida Legislature repealed the mostly unenforced law 64 years later in 1969 #BaseballandtheLaw 5-6
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, 2008. "Kuhn was ill-equipped for his new position. By the time he was shown the door, he had become one of the most polarizing figures in baseball history." Elizabeth Manriquez #AttorneysintheBaseballHallofFame 164, 174
Who had this on their B I N G O card July 4?
It hasn’t been easy being a Miami Marlins fan the past few weeks. For those that know, you know. Let’s Go Fish #BaseballandtheLaw #AttorneysInTheBaseballHallOfFame
If you're in Rockford for the Women's Baseball World Cup, AAGPBL reunion, or BFA Nationals, check out the many cool sites around town on the Women's Baseball Heritage Trail! Explore all of it at wbht.org. #WBHT #WomeninBaseballWeek
From the Why Can't Youth Baseball Leagues Get Volunteers Dept. Parents...the part of youth baseball that can ruin it. It was reported on 7/21/97 that a dad who sued a youth bb league because his son was cut and sent to a "minor league team", withdrew his lawsuit #BaseballandtheLaw
Rose Sentenced to Prison In an "Extra" front page the Cincinnati Enquirer on 7/20/95 reported Pete Rose was sentenced to prison on two counts of filing false federal income tax returns after Rose admitted to hiding income he received from baseball memorabilia shows #BaseballandtheLaw 739
