[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16040-16041]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE 2002 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES WINNER

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of S. Res. 320, which was introduced earlier today by 
Senator Bunning.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 320) honoring the Valley Sports 
     American Little League baseball team from Louisville, 
     Kentucky, for winning the 2002 Little League Baseball World 
     Series.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I rise today to take this opportunity, 
along with my colleague from Kentucky, Senator McConnelll, to speak in 
support of this resolution honoring the Valley Sports American Little 
League Baseball Team from Louisville, Kentucky for winning the 2002 
Little League Baseball World Series.
  This is the first time in the 56-year history of the Little League 
World Series that a team from Kentucky has won the championship.
  And all of us throughout the commonwealth are very proud of these 
young men and their coaches.
  In fact, this team made it through their entire playoff run without 
losing a single game--24 games and 24 wins. As someone who played and 
managed professional baseball for over a quarter-century, I can tell my 
colleagues just how difficult it is to win 24 games in a row at any 
level of the sport.
  Over the last month, when major league players were bickering with 
owners about salaries and revenue-sharing and drug-testing, the little 
leaguers showed the best of what baseball and our young people have to 
offer.
  They played with grit, determination and great skill. They displayed 
spectacular sportsmanship along with giving us some of the finest 
baseball you will ever see.
  The young men from Valley Sports played America's national pastime as 
it is meant to be played.
  I take this opportunity to congratulate all of these young men--Aaron 
Alvey, Justin Elkins, Ethan Henry, Alex Hornback, Wes Jenkins, Casey 
Jordan, Shane Logsdon, Blaine Madden, Zach Osborne, Jake Remines, Josh 
Robinson and Wes Walden--along with their manager and coaches--Troy 
Osborne, Keith Elkins and Dan Roach--for this remarkable achievement.
  Their heart and determination are models for us all. In my mind, they 
are all true all stars.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I might note just in passing, this is a 
resolution honoring the Kentucky baseball team that won the Little 
League World Series, and there can be no better person to do this than 
the Senator from Kentucky, who is a member of the professional Baseball 
Hall of Fame. So I think it is worth noting that a Member of the U.S. 
Senate, who is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, offers a 
resolution commending his State's team for winning the Little League 
World Series.
  I ask consent that the resolution and preamble be agreed to, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements thereto 
be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 320) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:
  (The resolution will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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