This counts pretty high in the career-change department: from Tampa Bay Rays prospect to clerking in the U.S. Supreme Court.

After toughing it out in minor league baseball, J. Matthew “Matt” Rice aimed for the legal industry’s Big Leagues, landing at Williams & Connolly as an associate. Now he’s set to join a new nine-member club: clerking for Justice Clarence Thomas when the high court’s next term kicks off in October.