WASHINGTON — In a light moment at confirmation hearings immersed at the time in arcane legal talk, Sonia Sotomayor acknowledged she watched TV Tuesday night — and that it was more likely the All-Star game than a re-run of her testimony.

Sotomayor, a native of New York, was asked by Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar if she'd tuned in to the game. The judge said only that she'd turned it on "for a little while."

Sotomayor is a Yankee fan, and Klobuchar wanted to make sure she knew that shortstop Derek Jeter was in the game and she noted that Joe Mauer, a catcher for the Minnesota Twins, got a key hit. Baltimore's Adam Jones drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.

Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy, a Vermonter, quipped that "I'm resisting any Red Sox comments."