Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor watches Yankees from 'Judge's Chambers'
All rise.
No, for real, stand up because there's an actual judge in the stands at Yankee Stadium.
United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a native of the Bronx, was spotted in the stands rooting for her beloved Yankees as they took on the Boston Red Sox in her home borough Thursday night. Naturally, Justice Sotomayor had to watch the game from some familiar habitat in the "Judge's Chambers," a fan section the Yankees created this year after the breakout of rookie phenom Aaron Judge.
She’s still Sonia from the Bronx. pic.twitter.com/dJH1hIDy0V
— MLB (@MLB) September 1, 2017
And of course the Justice got into the spirit of the evening, as she traded her normal black court dress for the custom judge's robe handed out to those who sit in the chambers bearing the Yankees' iconic logo - not to mention making good use of her foam gavel, a stark change from her usual courtroom hammer.
#AllRise for US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joining #Yankees fans in #JudgesChambers in right field vs. @RedSox. #YANKSonYES pic.twitter.com/RFamZvtwcc
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) September 1, 2017
But the judge was there to see Aaron Judge, and Sotomayor was suitably thrilled when the 25-year-old - whose current slump pushed him down to sixth in the order Thursday night - worked a second-inning walk off Eduardo Rodriguez.
Sonia Sotomayor is very excited about Aaron Judge's walk pic.twitter.com/RUwad4xiCU
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) August 31, 2017
Sotomayor - the first Latin Supreme Court justice in United States history - is perhaps most famous to baseball fans outside New York for signing the injunction that ended baseball's infamous players' strike in March of 1995.