 On March 30 , 1995 , in Silverman v. Major League Baseball Player Relations Committee , Inc . , Sotomayor issued a preliminary injunction against Major League Baseball , preventing it from unilaterally implementing a new collective bargaining agreement and using replacement players . Her ruling ended the 1994 baseball strike after 232 days , the day before the new season was scheduled to begin . The Second Circuit upheld Sotomayor 's decision and denied the owners ' request to stay the ruling . The decision raised her profile , won her the plaudits of baseball fans , and had a lasting effect on the game . In the preparatory phase of the case , Sotomayor informed the lawyers of both sides that , " I hope none of you assumed ... that my lack of knowledge of any of the intimate details of your dispute meant I was not a baseball fan . You can 't grow up in the South Bronx without knowing about baseball . " 
