Now pitching for Yankees: Justice Sotomayor

[usregimechange]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is coming off the bench - and heading to the mound at Yankee Stadium.

Sotomayor, a Yankees fan from the Bronx, is scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch Saturday before New York's game against Boston.

As a U.S. District Judge in 1995, Sotomayor issued an injunction that led baseball players to end their strike after 7 1/2 months.

Sotomayor will throw out the pitch as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Panama President Ricardo Martinelli is to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Friday's series opener.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBA_YANKEES_SOTOMAYOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


Sotomayor, 55, will not be the first Supreme Court justice to throw a ceremonial pitch but she will be the first one who previously was dubbed "the judge who saved baseball."
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2009-09-22-sotomayor-first-pitch_N.htm

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090922&content_id=7092238&vkey=pr_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

[virgogal]

1. Damn Yankees ! :-)

[Captain Hilts]

2. 'Damn Yankees', a play about the Washington Senators. But, yes, damned Yankees. nt

[virgogal]

4. I'm so old I can remember the words to "Whatever Lola Wants,Lola Gets"

:-)

[Captain Hilts]

5. Shit, I think I can too!!!

[ashling]

7. OK, fill in the blanks

I got the ______ right here, his name is _______ ...

[TygrBright]

10. "I got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere..." but it's not from Damn Yankees

It's from Guys and Dolls.

helpfully,
Bright

[ashling]

13. I know, I was just testing your knowledge of

show tunes which we are surprised we can remember.:P

[ashling]

6. Whatever Sonia want ...?

:rofl:

[BuyingThyme]

3. Lefty?

[AnnieBW]

8. Still Not Enough To Make Me Like The Yankees

The one fault that I have with Justice Sotomayor is that she's a Yankees fan. Sorry, but I had the "pleasure" of going to an Orioles/Yankees game in Baltimore one time. The Yankees fans that came down for the game were rude, drunk, and obnoxious.

[AnOhioan]

9. I think Justice Sotomayor is great

Just wish she rooted for another team...any other team

[dancingme]

12. Yeah, wish she was a Phillies fan

Go Phillies! (again in 2009)

[name not needed]

14. Look at it this way.

At least she's not a Mets fan.

[BuyingThyme]

11. You know what? She should be CALLING the first pitch, not throwing it.

I think they could make it work. And I'd love to see her in the get-up.