[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            LEO PINCKNEY SALUTED FOR DEDICATION TO BASEBALL

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                          HON. JAMES T. WALSH

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 6, 1997

  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I want to pay tribute today to Leo Pinckney, 
who has been making the 100-mile trip from Auburn, NY to Cooperstown 
for Baseball Hall of Fame inductions most of his life. An avid baseball 
fan and an active participant in professional baseball in central New 
York, Mr. Pinckney is a community legend in the upstate region of 
Cayuga County and we are very proud of the role he played in the 
commemoration of 1996's Baseball Hall of Fame Game.
  That was when Leo Pinckney participated in the first pitch with Hall 
of Fame inductees Jim Bunning and Earl Weaver.
  The event marked an official Hall of Fame congratulations to Leo, a 
former sports editor of the Auburn Citizen daily newspaper, for 
attending his 50th induction weekend.
  Leo Pinckney was instrumental in returning professional baseball to 
Auburn in 1958 by helping to establish the Auburn Astros. Today, he is 
the President of the successors, the Auburn Doubledays.
  Mr. Pinckney was President of the New York-Penn League from 1985-1992 
and he now serves on the League Board of Directors. One of its 
divisions is named after him.
  We are very proud of Leo Pinckney in central New York and happy for 
him that he has been so honored by professional baseball.

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