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Procter Hug was the Federal Judge.

Tug McGraw was the Baseball Player.

Procter Hug

After serving in the Navy for two years, Procter Hug Jr. graduated from Stanford Law School, where he was on the Board of Editors of the Stanford Law Review. Judge Hug, originally from Nevada, served on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for 24 years. This makes him the nation’s third longest-serving active circuit judge at the time immediately prior to his change to senior status. Judge Hug has worked to prevent the Ninth Circuit from being divided into smaller jurisdictional units. He is also known to promote greater collegiality among circuit judges, and for his receptiveness to lower court judges in the circuit’s far-flung districts. “We have great diversity within our circuit and that’s a strength because we are able to consider a great many different viewpoints,” Hug has said. Beyond his judicial work in the Ninth Circuit, Judge Hug has served on the Judicial Resources Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, which is the national policy-making body for the federal judiciary. Prior to Hug’s appointment to the Court of Appeals, he had served as a member and Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada. He then took on the role of Special Deputy Attorney General for the State of Nevada, and served as General Counsel to the University of Nevada system for four years. Jimmy Carter appointed Hug to the federal bench in 1977.

Tug McGraw

There are a couple of explanations for Frank Edwin McGraw, Jr.’s nickname. According to the book Baseball Nicknames, McGraw had a habit of tugging his mother’s breasts while nursing as a baby. Others say that, as a child, McGraw tugged on everything, including fabrics, toys, and furniture. Either way, it is agreed that Tug is a shortened version of the original “Tugger.” Whatever he tugged at, Tug McGraw grew up to help the Mets and Phillies capture the World Series championships. McGraw later coined “you gotta believe” as the Mets’ battle cry during a season when he helped his team go from last to first place in the National League East Division and come within one game of winning the World Series. While pitching for the Phillies in the 1980 World Series, he threw the final out in the final game, with bases loaded in the ninth inning. That was the first year the Phillies won the Series. Beyond his obvious achievements, others had plenty of good things to say about McGraw as a person. “Tug McGraw was one of the great characters of the game of baseball,'' Mets teammate Tom Seaver once said. ''He just had a joy for life and living.” In regards to McGraw’s approach to baseball, former teammate and Phillies manager said, “He had no fear. He was loose. That’s how he played the game.” A New York Times article showered McGraw with descriptors: 'He is a beautiful guy, a sensitive, emotional, demonstrative, genuine, outgoing, affectionate, exuberant, sad and sometimes irresponsible human being.'' Outside of baseball, McGraw did plenty of other things, including running his own consulting company and writing three children’s books. And, thanks to a summer romance during his minor league years, he fathered a boy who would grow up to be a country music star: Tim McGraw.

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Procter Hug

After serving in the Navy for two years, Procter Hug Jr. graduated from Stanford Law School, where he was on the Board of Editors of the Stanford Law Review. Judge Hug, originally from Nevada, served on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for 24 years. This makes him the nation’s third longest-serving active circuit judge at the time immediately prior to his change to senior status. Judge Hug has worked to prevent the Ninth Circuit from being divided into smaller jurisdictional units. He is also known to promote greater collegiality among circuit judges, and for his receptiveness to lower court judges in the circuit’s far-flung districts. “We have great diversity within our circuit and that’s a strength because we are able to consider a great many different viewpoints,” Hug has said. Beyond his judicial work in the Ninth Circuit, Judge Hug has served on the Judicial Resources Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, which is the national policy-making body for the federal judiciary. Prior to Hug’s appointment to the Court of Appeals, he had served as a member and Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada. He then took on the role of Special Deputy Attorney General for the State of Nevada, and served as General Counsel to the University of Nevada system for four years. Jimmy Carter appointed Hug to the federal bench in 1977.

Tug McGraw

There are a couple of explanations for Frank Edwin McGraw, Jr.’s nickname. According to the book Baseball Nicknames, McGraw had a habit of tugging his mother’s breasts while nursing as a baby. Others say that, as a child, McGraw tugged on everything, including fabrics, toys, and furniture. Either way, it is agreed that Tug is a shortened version of the original “Tugger.” Whatever he tugged at, Tug McGraw grew up to help the Mets and Phillies capture the World Series championships. McGraw later coined “you gotta believe” as the Mets’ battle cry during a season when he helped his team go from last to first place in the National League East Division and come within one game of winning the World Series. While pitching for the Phillies in the 1980 World Series, he threw the final out in the final game, with bases loaded in the ninth inning. That was the first year the Phillies won the Series. Beyond his obvious achievements, others had plenty of good things to say about McGraw as a person. “Tug McGraw was one of the great characters of the game of baseball,'' Mets teammate Tom Seaver once said. ''He just had a joy for life and living.” In regards to McGraw’s approach to baseball, former teammate and Phillies manager said, “He had no fear. He was loose. That’s how he played the game.” A New York Times article showered McGraw with descriptors: 'He is a beautiful guy, a sensitive, emotional, demonstrative, genuine, outgoing, affectionate, exuberant, sad and sometimes irresponsible human being.'' Outside of baseball, McGraw did plenty of other things, including running his own consulting company and writing three children’s books. And, thanks to a summer romance during his minor league years, he fathered a boy who would grow up to be a country music star: Tim McGraw.

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