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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 09:43 AM
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Supremes: Okay Sotamoyer helped stop the '95 baseball strike. She's now my favorite.
Edited on Fri May-15-09 09:43 AM by Captain Hilts
And ruled in favor of labor.

From the NYT:

She ended a long baseball strike that year, briskly ruling against the owners in favor of the players.

The owners were trying to subvert the labor system, she said, and the strike had “placed the entire concept of collective bargaining on trial.”

After play resumed, The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that by saving the season, Judge Sotomayor joined forever the ranks of Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson and Ted Williams. The Chicago Sun-Times said she “delivered a wicked fastball” to baseball owners and emerged as one of the most inspiring figures in the history of the sport.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/15sotomayor.html?_r=1&hp
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