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Biglaw Lawyer Is The Dad Behind Jeter Ball Video

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Derek Jeter is retiring. If you follow sports, you know that one of the most overrated players in history is calling it quits. If you don’t follow sports, you probably also know this.

A few days ago, Jeter hit a foul ball (he has problems hitting balls in play at this point). Blue Jays third baseman Danny Valencia threw the ball to a dad, who gave it to his daughter, who promptly threw the ball back because little kids like to throw things.

UPDATE (9/25/2014, 4:56 p.m.): The embed appears to be broken. We will continue to try and fix it. In the meantime, the video is available here:


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Turns out, the dad in that video — who ultimately got the ball back — is a Biglaw lawyer! Work/life balance for the win….

A tipster reports, regarding real-estate lawyer Paul Polking:

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The “Dad” who catches the ball is a young guy who was fresh out of law school when he joined Proskauer in 2004 and is still practicing law there. He said his daughter wanted to do the right thing and threw the ball back because it belonged to someone else!

Nobody from Proskauer has invited me to Citi Field (hint hint) or Yankee Stadium. But back in the day, I did go to the Proskauer seats at Shea. They were good seats. Proskauer does a lot of labor relations work with professional sports leagues and unions, so it’s definitely a firm to consider if you are into fringe perks like baseball tickets.

Really though, it’s just nice to see a hardworking father get to spend some time with his family, even if he’s a dirty Yankee fan.

(#ImaMetsFanBecause: My family wasn’t rich enough to move out of Queens until I was seven years old and didn’t know that raising a child blocks away from Shea Stadium was like raising a child in the sports version of Love Canal.)

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