Question
An article about this rule claimed that it is “neither a rule of law nor one of equity,” whose evolution the author sees paralleling the law’s evolution by being “essentially conservative.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this rule. As a law student at the University of Pennsylvania, William Stevens wrote a 1975 semi-satirical analysis about this rule that spawned many parodic articles.
ANSWER: the infield fly rule [accept, but do NOT reveal, “The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule”]
[10e] Stevens’s article discusses baseball’s infield fly rule as originating from this type of legal system based on judicial precedent, used in many former British colonies. This system is often contrasted with “civil law.”
ANSWER: common law
[10m] This jurist called baseball games “purely state affairs” in a unanimous opinion that granted the MLB an antitrust exemption. Stevens’s article includes a footnote recommending this jurist’s book The Common Law for a non-baseball approach to the subject.
ANSWER: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | Thompson et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UBC | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |