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Entertainment & Sports

Jul. 25, 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


FIRST IN A TWO PART SERIES


As lawyers, we like a gripping story - any good trial has one. Add some revenge, cunning, cheating, and pride. Stir in some colorful characters. Now you've got something special. Legal dramas, both real and fictional, have all these elements. In this way, legal dramas resemble the game of baseball. Each has moments, which combine revenge, cunning, cheating, pride, with colorful characters. The result can be a g...

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