While half the country is obsessed with the cases that the Supreme Court is about to decide—not to mention the cases that the Court may or may not take up next—Justice Alito left the Beltway this week for greener pastures. Specifically, he headed south to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, and threw out yesterday’s first pitch.

Kevin Sherrington, a columnist for the Dallas Morning News, covered the event and interviewed Justice Alito. (An excerpt is available here; the rest is kept behind a Google-friendly paywall.)