[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                TRIBUTE TO THE ROLANDO PAULINO ALL-STARS

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 11, 2000

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute and to congratulate the 
Rolando Paulino All-Stars team for a very successful year. This group 
of young South Bronx little leaguers finished their season one game shy 
of making it to the Little League World Series on August 17, 2000.
  They have demonstrated that they have the ability and the desire to 
be assets and role models in our community. We are proud of their 
accomplishments and I hope they will continue to be successful both on 
and off the diamond. They are terrific examples for young men 
throughout our communities.
  Mr. Speaker, about 150 family members and friends of the Bronx 
players, almost all of them wearing the team's cardinal red colors and 
some of them with their faces painted red, sat behind the team's dugout 
that night to cheer on these Little Bombers.
  This year, in repeating as the New York State champion, the Bronx 
team won 10 consecutive games to qualify for the Eastern regional. It 
defeated four teams from its district in New York City, three teams in 
the sectional tournament, including South Shore, and three more teams 
in the State tournament, including Colonie in the final.
  Mr. Speaker, what made the overall performance of the Bronx team even 
more remarkable was that it has no home field; players used diamonds in 
both the south and east Bronx, especially at Claremont and Crotona 
Parks, and a field at the intersection of LaFontaine Avenue and 181st 
Street.
  Again, I congratulate and I wish them the best of luck in their 
future enterprises. They are our Champions!
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to and 
congratulating the Rolando Paulino All-Stars Team.

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