[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13887]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATING FRESNO BULLDOGS

  (Mr. RADANOVICH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, today, I rise to congratulate Fresno 
State University men's baseball team as the national champions of the 
College World Series.
  This is the first college baseball national championship win for 
Fresno State University, and it is, indeed, a Cinderella story for the 
Bulldogs. Their record was 47 wins and 31 losses. No other college 
baseball team in the Nation has had 31 losses in the season and has 
still been able to overcome the odds and win the college baseball 
national championship.
  The outstanding leadership of coach Mike Batesole and the hard work 
and determination of all of the players, including the College World 
Series' Most Outstanding Player, Tommy Mendonca, led to this unlikely 
but well-deserved victory.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating the Fresno State 
Bulldogs who went from underdogs to wonder dogs. Go Dogs.

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