Mental Floss gives historical view of Baseball Litigation

July 28th, 2009. By AbiK

I was just over at mentalfloss.com—land where anyone with both a brain and a healthy sense of humor will feel right at home—and read a recent post by Ethan Trex called “The Ump Who Sued Lou Piniella (And Other Baseball-Related Legal Disputes)”.

Given I had recently posted about the summer’s hottest baseball lawsuits (hello, Alfred “floppy hat” Rava—and yes, he’s a lawyer himself, CA bar…San Diego…), I naturally had to take a look. And if you’re a baseball fan, it’s worth a read.

Lest you think this baseball and litigation connection is fleeting, the Washington Times reports today that “seven former and current major league baseball players and others who made money from R. Allen Stanford’s purported Ponzi scheme” are now worrying that their own money is at risk of being taken—and they’ve hooked up with an “unlikely ally: the Securities and Exchange Commission.” Seems the SEC has asked the judge in the case to stop the lawyer charged with taking control of assets related to the alleged scam from suing investors for their proceeds in the Stanford investment. Needless to say, the SEC request has ruffled some feathers and we’ll have to watch this one play out (no pun intended). For the record, the Washington Post reports players involved are: retired Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux, retired New York Yankees’ player Bernie Williams, current Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon, Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew, Texas Rangers outfielder Andruw Jones, Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Carlos Pena and Jay Bell, a shortstop who played for several teams prior to retiring in ’03.

Tags: Alfred Rava, Baseball

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