Every once in a while I head over to The Onion for some comic relief. Today there was a little article about an appealed strike call taken all the way to the supreme court. And, since the appeal was on behalf on David Wright, I thought it would be worthy of a few words here. My favorite quotes from the article include:
After the 2005 Shea ruling, the case was appealed to the U.S. District Court of the state of New York, where the decision was reversed in favor of Wright. However, when it was revealed that the presiding judge was a lifelong Mets fan, the decision was thrown out.
A 2006 decision in the case of Rodriguez v. The Fans of New York cemented the legal precedent established in the 1940 case of Williams v. The Fans of Boston, which made it clear that baseball fans are free to boo, no matter how nonsensical it may seem, players on their home team.
“I think this decision could go either way,” Baseball Tonight legal analyst John Kruk said.
Go here to read the article in its entirety. Enjoy.
K – It’s nice to see that once in while you head to ‘The Onion’…maybe once in a while, you should head to the dictionary….
RELEAF???? Don’t even try to call that a ‘fat finger typo’…nobody’s fingers are that fat!
Oops, fixed.