Attorney, Judge and law professor Louis H. Schiff discusses his book “Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame: A Collection of Biographical Essays”.

Lou co-wrote the book with fellow attorney and law professor Robert M. Jarvis and it includes essays on the 11 attorneys who have been inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. This group comprises three players (Hughie Jennings, Jim O’Rouke, and Monte Ward), two managers (Miller Huggins and Tony LaRussa); three executives (Larry MacPhail, Walter O’Malley and Branch Rickey) and three Commissioners (Happy Chandler, Bowie Kuhn, and Kennesaw Mountain Landis).

Lou wrote the chapter on Tony LaRussa and co-wrote the chapter on Kennesaw Mountain Landis with Robert Jarvis. The remaining chapters were written by a contributing cast of attorneys and authors that includes:

-Geoffrey Rapp, Dean of DePaul University College of Law

-Savanna Nolan, Associate Librarian For Administration and Public Services, Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law

-Stephanie Hunter McMahon, the William W. Oliver Chair in Tax Law at the Maurer School of Law, Indian University Bloomington

-Walter T. Champion, Professor of Law at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University

-Richard D. Friedman, the Alend and Alan F. Smith Professor of Law at the University of Michigan School of Law

-Ed Edmonds, Professor Emeritus of Law at The University of Notre Dame

- Ronald Rychlak, Distinguished Professor of Law and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government at the University of Mississippi School of Law; and

- Elizabeth Manriquez, Head of Reference and Scholarly Support at the University of Wisconsin Law School Library

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Rick Klein is the Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief for ABC News and has been a journalist for more than 25 years. A lifelong Dale Murphy fan he was recently involved in the "Murphy to the Hall" campaign to spread the word on Dale Murphy's HOF case.

Rick and Russell discuss Dale Murphy, his HOF case, and what the future brings as we hope "Murph" makes the ballot again in 2028!

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Longtime friend of the podcast, fellow baseball fan extraordinaire, and "Baseball Twitter" personality Cullen Chapron @CChapro832 discusses baseball, the "NEPTA dashboard", and many other interesting baseball topics with Russell. A must-listen episode!

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