Republicans Victorious in Annual Congressional Baseball Game

REPUBLICANS VICTORIOUS IN ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME

Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to announce that the Republican baseball team once again was victorious in the annual congressional game by a 12-1 score on June 29.

I particularly want to thank our sponsors. We were able to raise over $100,000 for charities. Once again, the charities were the big winners, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Washington area as well as the Adult Literacy Council.

I want to also congratulate my counterpart, Mike Doyle, the manager of the Democrat team, Joe Baca, the pitcher and the most valuable player on the part of the Democrats, with Kenny Hulshof the MVP on the Republican side, and John Shimkus, our extraordinary pitcher, who came back from heart surgery this year to pitch a complete game.

So congratulations to everybody for a wonderful evening of camaraderie and a good time and a nice victory as well. This is my last opportunity to do a little bit of bragging here as the manager.

Also, I want to congratulate the long-time manager of the Democrats, Martin Olav Sabo, who is retiring this year. He turned over the reins to Mike Doyle, but he was inducted into the Roll Call Hall of Fame, well deserved for a great sportsman and a great individual, Martin Olav Sabo.

Again, thank you, everybody. It was a great victory.

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