Justice Sotomayor Throws Out First Pitch

[iandhr]

Source: NY TIMES

Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic to be named a Supreme Court justice, performed in a much different capacity at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. Sotomayor was a smiling Yankees fan who got to toss out the first pitch before the Yankees played the Boston Red Sox.



After Jorge Posada escorted Sotomayor to a spot about 15 feet in front of the mound, Sotomayor, who was wearing a Yankees jersey, paused and took a deep breath. She then flipped the ball to catcher Jose Molina, who was crouching in front of the plate.

Sotomayor, a native of the Bronx, was briefly considered to throw out the first pitch at the Stadium 14 years ago. In 1995, Sotomayor, who was a federal district court judge in Manhattan at the time, issued a temporary injunction to end the baseball strike. When play resumed, the Yankees thought about inviting Sotomayor to throw out the first pitch. But the idea was tabled after Sotomayor suggested it would be inappropriate.

Read more: http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/justice-sotoma...

[Historic NY]

1. how nice a NY'er pitching

[CBHagman]

2. Nice picture of Her Honor.

And here's another:

[unkachuck]

3. "She then flipped the ball to catcher Jose Molina,..."

....excellent, now all we have to do is get Ruth feeling better, grab Fat Tony and Uncle Tom by the collar to have a serious game of Running Bases....

....hang in there Sonia, we love ya....

[RedCloud]

4. Throw those repugs a brush back pitch! They are past due for a lot of them.

[FarCenter]

5. She may be a great Supreme Court justice, but she throws like a girl

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. She throws like a wise Latina