Can I get a witness?

Coming soon to a hearing room near you: cameo appearances by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former New York Yankees pitcher David Cone.

Both will testify in her favor -- she's a New York native and loves the Yankees -- during the public witness portion of the hearing. That's likely to begin this afternoon.

Others tapped to praise her before the Senate Judiciary Committee: former FBI director Louis Freeh, and former New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Freeh and Sotomayor were judges together in New York, and Morganthau hired Sotomayor to work in the D.A.'s office.

Side note: Most people outside of New York don't know who Morgenthau is, but if you watch "Law & Order," he's the person they loosely based fictional D.A. Adam Schiff on!

-Jesse J. Holland, AP reporter, Supreme Court