HCBA Lawyer Magazine No. 33, Issue 4 | Page 3

THE HIllSBoroUGH CoUNTY Bar aSSoCIaTIoN

LAWYER

Mar - apr 2023 | Vol . 33 , No . 4

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features & events

4 TakingThePlunge : BoardCerTifiCaTion

­Editor ’ s­Message­by­Jim­Wimsatt

6 geTTingConneCTed — Join aCommiTTeeorSeCTion

HCBA­President ’ s­Messageby­Jacqueline­A . ­Simms-Petredis­

8 hCBamemBerSConTinue ToShine

YLD­President ’ s­Messageby­Anisha­Patel

10hCBa ’ SmiliTary & VeTeranS affairSCommiTTeememBerS ConTinueToinSPireandSerVe

Executive­Director ’ s­Messageby­John­F . ­Kynes

12ChiefJudgefiCarroTTa reCeiVeSdiSTinguiShed JudiCialSerViCeaward

Thirteenth­Judicial­Circuit­Court Message­by­Gina­Justice

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Clerk­of­the­Court­ & ­Comptrollerby­Cindy­Stuart

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about the Cover

Happy spring ! In honor of baseball season , we are featuring on our cover one of our beloved local sports legends — Alfonso Ramon “ Al ” López , affectionately known to many as “ El Señor .” He was the first Tampa native to become a Major League player , manager , and inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame . He played for the Brooklyn Robins / Dodgers , Boston Bees , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Cleveland Indians , and was the manager for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox . Lopez held the Major League record for career games as a catcher for more than 40 years . Also , over the course of 18 full seasons as a baseball manager , López ' s teams never finished with a losing record . He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977 .

On the cover , we also feature two local landmarks that bear Lopez ’ s name , Al Lopez Park and The Tampa Baseball Museum at the Al Lopez House . Al Lopez Park was renamed to honor Lopez in 1992 . The popular park located off of Himes Avenue features a life-statue of Lopez . The Tampa Baseball Museum , which commemorate the city ' s baseball heritage , opened in 2021 and is located in Lopez ’ s rehabilitated childhood home in Ybor City . m a r - a p r 2 0 2 3 | H C B a L a W Y E r

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