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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,267 posts) Thu Sep 23, 2021, 10:45 AM Sep 2021

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I wanted to understand the infield fly rule, so I rang up Tilda Swinton

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I wanted to understand the infield fly rule, so I rang up Tilda Swinton

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I wanted to understand the infield fly rule, so I rang up Tilda Swinton (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 OP

Funny! Tomconroy Sep 2021 #1

Well you know celebrities are famous, so they know everything...just like the Pig. Thomas Hurt Sep 2021 #2

There is a law review article on the infield fly rule LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #3

"The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule." Ocelot II Sep 2021 #4

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)

1. Funny!

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Thu Sep 23, 2021, 10:49 AM

Sep 2021

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

2. Well you know celebrities are famous, so they know everything...just like the Pig.

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Thu Sep 23, 2021, 11:22 AM

Sep 2021

LetMyPeopleVote

(144,848 posts)

3. There is a law review article on the infield fly rule

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Sep 23, 2021, 01:08 PM

Sep 2021

https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=5322&context=penn_law_review

Ocelot II

(115,546 posts)

4. "The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule."

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 23, 2021, 05:50 PM

Sep 2021

I actually read that article in law school, years ago, in a legal history seminar. It's a hoot, and a great satire on turgid law review articles.

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