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We were amused to read the other day that the list of witnesses scheduled to testify at the Senate's hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court included one of our favorite former pitchers (David Cone, Mets 1987-1991 and Yankees (1996-2001) and one of our favorite Westchester Land Trust Board members, Mary Boies.
According to the Times (here), David Cone "presumably will echo President Obama’s claim that Judge Sotomayor saved baseball when she ended the 1995 strike."
Mary Boies will represent the American Bar Association, "whose judiciary panel rated Judge Sotomayor as “well qualified” — its highest ranking..."