Harrison Louis Marino (born July 14, 1990) is an American attorney, workers' rights advocate, and former minor league baseball player. He led the effort to organize a minor league baseball players' union and helped negotiate the players' first collective bargaining agreement.[1]
Education
editMarino earned a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College, where he double majored in Political Science and English and concentrated in Legal Studies, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.[2]
Career
editMarino spent three seasons in the Arizona Diamondbacks and Baltimore Orioles organizations and pitched for five different minor league teams: the Delmarva Shorebirds, Aberdeen Ironbirds, Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks, Quebec Capitales, and Joliet Slammers.[3] Marino has stated he experienced substandard working conditions as a minor league baseball player.[4] He was the Executive Director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, a non-profit labor advocacy organization.[1]
Marino served as a law clerk to Karen LeCraft Henderson of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and J. Frederick Motz of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He practiced law at Williams & Connolly LLP before joining Advocates for Minor Leaguers and later served as Assistant General Counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Drellich, Evan. "Ex-minor leaguer who led push for new union is leaving players' association". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ a b "Organizing a League of His Own". University of Virginia School of Law. 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "Harry Marino Amateur, Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Brown, Tim (2022-09-27). "Harry Marino Survived the Minor Leagues. Now He Wants to Fix Them". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)