Deaning in LA: The World Series, Hamilton, And Memories Of 1967

What could be better than watching the Dodgers beat the Astros last night in Game 1 of the World Series?  Watching it with Michael Luwoye, who is playing Alexander Hamilton in the Los Angeles production of Hamilton!  Thanks to Mark Hiepler, co-chair of our board of visitors, for his generosity in sharing a special night with several Pepperdine faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

The only other time I attended a World Series game was in 1967, when my father somehow got one ticket to Game 6 and drove me to Fenway park and walked me to the gate as a scared and excited 10 year old.  I watched the Red Sox win 8-4 while he waited in a bar across the street and drove me home after the game.  I wish I could have returned the favor last night (he died in 2007, and I miss him more each passing year). 

For more on my obsession with interest in Hamilton, see here and:

• The Story Of Tonight: With Billion-Dollar Hamilton Poised To Sweep Tony Awards, Broadway Pushes For Tax Break Extension (June 12, 2016)
• What Hamilton Teaches Lawyers About Telling Our Story (Aug. 21, 2016)
• Lessons From Hamilton For The University Of Chicago Law School Class Of 2019 (Oct. 4, 2016)
• Law Profs At Chicago, Harvard And Michigan Turn To Hamilton As A Teaching Tool (Oct. 14, 2016)
• Greg Mankiw Happily Paid $2,500 For A Hamilton Ticket, But Asks: Why Should 80% Go To Resellers Rather Than Lin-Manuel Miranda? (Oct. 22, 2016)
• Law Profs Weigh In On The Hamilton/Pence/Trump Controversy (Nov. 21, 2016)
• Hamilton By Harvard Economics Students (Dec. 10, 2016)
• Happy Hanukkah, Hamilton-Style (Dec. 24, 2016)
• Erwin Chemerinsky's Farewell: Lessons From Hamilton (June 29, 2017)
• Hamilton And Law School Deaning (July 7, 2017)
• Lessons From Hamilton On Leaving A Legacy As A Law Professor Through Our Scholarship ('Skin In The Game') And Our Students ('Planting Seeds In A Garden You Never Get To See') (July 10, 2017)
• Hamilton, The Play Has Caused A Boon At Hamilton, The College (July 18, 2017)
• C.S. Lewis & Lin-Manuel Miranda: How I Found My Faith In Mere Christianity And Deepened It In Hamilton (July 24, 2017)
• From Moses To Hamilton: A Dean’s Journey (Aug. 31, 2017)