Justice Sotomayor is expected to generally side with the liberal minority on court, following in the footsteps of the man she replaced, retired Justice David Souter.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

At the Chicago White Sox U.S.Cellular Field on Chicago's South Side, the 30-year-old pitcher retired all 27 batters from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays without allowing anyone to reach first base, pitching a perfect game and putting his name in a record book occupied by only 17 others in Major League history.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

He retired the side in order on just eight pitches followed by a 10-pitch second, and retired 10 of the first 11 hitters.

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He retired the side in order four times, struck out nine and was backed by solid and sometimes stellar defense.

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And there are a lot of generals on that side, and one retired army said it's probably, you know, a 70-30 split, that most of these guys have been trained in their careers - conventional arms, big maneuver warfare.

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