[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      BASEBALL IS NOT JUST A GAME

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, baseball is not just a game of Mantle and 
Ruth and DiMaggio.
  Baseball is a game of that working mother who sells peanuts outside 
Camden Yards.
  It is a game of that father who ushers people to their seats at Tiger 
Stadium.
  Baseball is a game of tens of thousands of working men and women like 
them who clean the seats and drive the buses and work in the 
restaurants and hotels outside the stadium, often for very little pay.
  And today, as we watch millionaires fight with billionaires to come 
to an agreement, it is those average Joes who are being hurt most by 
this strike.
  Mr. Speaker, baseball is not a small industry.
  It is part of the rhythm of America.
  It brings balance to a time of chaos and change.
  Today, America is not turning its lonely eyes to Joe DiMaggio.
  It is turning its eyes to us.
  And it is time we join the President, step up to the plate, and help 
put an end to this baseball strike.


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