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Breaking Down Elena Kagan's Stance on ... the Softball Field

By Bruce Carton

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I'm sorry, but I can't get all that interested in the blanket coverage about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's view on this or that as expressed in a draft of a law review article she co-wrote in 1992; or in the possible hint on her view of the correct interpretation of the 4th Amendment that she shared with the clerk at Blockbuster in 1997. Sorry! Can't do it! That doesn't mean, however, that I'm hitting the delete button on every single Kagan story. For instance, how can anyone resist this story from MLB.com (via Bitter Lawyer) in which a half-dozen Major League baseball players painstakingly break down Kagan's batting stance based on a photo of her playing softball in 1993? Now you've got my attention! Listen to the pros on this below. In short, they're concerned about her lack of "game face" (too smiley) and choking up way too much on the bat (won't be able to hit the inside pitch): Mets catcher Rod Barajas: "It actually looks good. It looks like her weight's distributed evenly. Her hands are up. She's holding the bat the right way. That's something you could work with. That's something I could go out there...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on May 13, 2010 (boomark / email).