Pitching Judge

Early in her career, then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor was credited as “the judge who saved baseball.” Now she’s taking up pitching:

On Saturday, Sotomayor returns to the baseball diamond – this time taking the field. She will throw out the first pitch at Yankees Stadium.

“Having Justice Sotomayor, a South Bronx native, participate in our yearly Hispanic Heritage Month celebration is very exciting, as she is an inspiration to so many,” said Manuel García, Yankees director of Latino Affairs.

via CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time – Blogs from CNN.com.

For some reason, Justice Sotomayor has always seemed very cool, very hip to me—especially for a federal judge and now as an Associate Justice. It’s also great that she’s able to draw some attention to Hispanic Heritage Month.