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Justice Sonia Sotomayor switches benches, joins Yankees 'Bleacher Creatures' for Roll Call

Sonia Sotomayor traded benches for a day, joining the New York Yankees' Bleacher Creatures.The Supreme Court justice attended the Yankees' 12-3 win over Baltimore on Wednesday and sat in Section 203 of the right-field stands for the first-inning "Roll Call" of New York's starting lineup."Having sat in the old stadium bleachers, anonymously, there is quite a chord that gets touched when you come back on a day like today and people are screaming out 'Justice' or 'Sonia,' and it brings a little bit of a tear to your eye," she said during the seventh inning. "My life has changed so much, and you have a new Yankee Stadium, but the spirit of the Yankees is still in the house, and it was very moving for me and important to me that the comfort that they gave me most of my life in watching them most of the time win continues."Usually seen on the Supreme Court bench in robes next to Stephen Breyer, she wore a black top and blue jeans and sat next to "Bald Vinny" Milano in a section where tickets...

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