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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.
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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
#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
We are honored for the 5 🌟reviews of "Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame"
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Bob D'Angelo
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Fl Bar News
Baseball PhD
Clint Fagan
@alexwilliamsonmlb.bsky.social
Come for the pre-game concert…stay for the ball game!
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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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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
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"
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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.
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The 1st #WorldSeries began on 10/1/1903
Boston Americans defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5 games to 3. (best of 9)
Each Boston player earned $1,182
Each Pittsburgh player earned $1,316 because owner Barney Dreyfuss give his WS share to his players
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Bowie Kuhn's last day as MLB Commissioner was 9/30/84
Peter Ueberroth described the mess Kuhn left him:
(baseball) "was a disaster in all ways when I arrived. It was a disaster in (terms of) goodwill. The owners wouldn’t even talk to each other…. It was a scandal-ridden, drug-ridden thing."
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RESPECT...
On 9/27/1929, the day of Miller Huggins's funeral, all A.L. games were cancelled in his honor. The Yankees erected a monument to him in CF at Yankees Stadium in 1932.
Learn about all 11 HOF attorneys
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Black Sox Scandal was first reported...
On September 27, 1920 in a front page story, the Philadelphia Inquirerwas was one of the first papers to report National League President Heydler had evidence showing the 1919 #WorldSeries may have been "fixed"
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