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Did you know that there is a fantasy baseball league for current and former Supreme Court justices and staff? Also, did you know that Justices John Paul Stevens, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg participate in the league? Finally, did you know that Stevens, Alito and Breyer recused themselves in the upcoming case, CBC Distribution v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, because of their participation in the league?
Yes, you did know that? Go look up gullible in the dictionary.
If you heard that story reported on the news (as I did), or in the blogosphere, and you believed it, you've fallen victim to a pretty good April Fools joke. The source of the joke appears to be Eric Turkewitz's New York Personal Injury Law Blog.
The proof that this is a really good hoax? Eric mentions Siddharta Finch ("Over twenty years ago Finch gave up a promising baseball opportunity to pursue a career with the French horn. He is trying to become the first rookie over the age of 50 to break into the big league as part of a book project.") in his article. Beyond the unbelievable story about a 50 year old trying to break into the big leagues, Sidd Finch was the subject of a famous April Fools joke 20+ years ago.
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They got me...
I was taken in by the gag, as it was posted at Volokh. I think it was a brilliant prank, because it's a real case that really is awaiting a decision from the Supremes to grant cert. or not. So even though I did a quick Google when I first saw it, I still bought into it, because it looked very plausible. Plenty of Google results, a lower court decision, it was all there. I'm very impressed.
You weren't the only one to fall for it
It was discussed as fact by my local sports radio channel, and was reported as fact by a different news radio channel. I thought it was true and was going to report it here because I thought Simon would get a kick out of knowing that Justice Scalia was in a fantasy baseball league. But when I tried to find an actual news story, I couldn't find one, so that's when I started investigating further.
--Fern