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Perspective

Jul. 27, 2011

Drama at the diamond: the Donnelly pine tar incident of 2005

One night in baseball history - a dramatic tale akin to the best legal drama. By Dan Lawton of Lawton Law Firm


By Dan Lawton


LAST IN A TWO PART SERIES: This continues part one, which appeared on Monday. This series is about the Donnelly pine tar incident - an episode that combined revenge, cunning, cheating and pride in a baseball drama that climaxed at Angel Stadium on June 14, 2005. In yesterday's installment, Angels relief pitcher Brendan Donnelly had just completed his warm-up tosses and was preparing to pitch in the top of the 8th inning with the Angels sittin...

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