[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 25162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  THE RED SOX, THE FINAL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WORLD CHAMPION OF THE 
                               MILLENIUM

  (Mr. MARKEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, the baseball gods are smiling down upon Red 
Sox Nation. The hardball heroes of Boston are in the process of lifting 
one of the most vexing curses of all time, the curse of the Bambino. 
For the Fenway faithful, the curse has taken on mythic proportions. It 
is Shakespearean, epical, Biblical, in the same league as the curse of 
Macbeth, the curse of King Tut's tomb, or the curse of the Tower of 
Babel.
  Mr. Speaker, today I join with the millions of Red Sox fans who are 
saying, wait until next year, no more. How will Pedro, Nomar, and the 
rest of Olde Towne Team meet this daunting challenge? They will blast 
away at the Bronx Bombers in the House that Ruth built. They will swarm 
the stadium and swat the sultans' spell. They will crush the curse of 
the Bambino.
  Mr. Speaker, this year is our year. The Red Sox are about to have 
their millenium moment. The Indians could not stop them, the Yankees 
cannot stop them, and neither the Mets nor the Braves will be able to 
stop them as they become the final Major League Baseball world 
champions of the millennium. The Sox in six, Mr. Speaker. This year we 
win the World Series.

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