Gerry Spence, author of How to Argue and Win Every Time, never lost a criminal case from either side of the table. There actually is a lawyers' Hall of Fame, LOL, and he's in it. Surely Mojo could tell us a lot about Spence.
One of his key principles is to --- > stipulate, and strongly, your opponent's key ideas and to do it right at the beginning. One thing this does is put your opponents on a hot seat, because they're anxiously wondering, "So why is this guy still so confident?"
I haven't seen a piece of Gerry Spence argument like that in a LONG time. Masterfully done Matty.
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As a defense of Servais' honor it's also as strongly stated as could be done :- ) and I will admit that I was actually ranting more at the IDEA of "If you go 0-fer-8, kid, I'm not writing you into the lineup any more" than at Servais as such. Provided that Vogelbach does not drift over to the A's and become David Ortiz I will calm down to a position of "this was my least favorite move of Servais' " within a week or so.
The complaints against Sweet Lou are cheerfully stipulated.
Wonderful article Matt.