[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19658]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO EDDIE MURRAY

  (Mr. CARDIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to this body's 
attention that this weekend in Cooperstown, Cooperstown, New York, one 
of the greatest baseball players of all time will be inducted into the 
Hall of Fame, and that is Eddie Murray who played for the Baltimore 
Orioles. He played for other teams, but he is known as a Baltimore 
Oriole.
  Eddie Murray is one of only three players, the other two, Hank Aaron 
and Willie Mays, who hit over his lifetime 500 home runs in 3,000 hits. 
But what we all know about Eddie Murray, he is a model of consistency, 
a real team player, a person who really brought championship to 
Baltimore, and championship to the baseball diamond.
  He also gave back to the community. Particularly, I want to bring to 
this body's attention the Carrie Murray Nature Center that he founded 
in Baltimore, in honor of his mother, in Lincoln Park. He is known not 
only as a great baseball player, but a great person. I congratulate him 
on being selected for the Hall of Fame.

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