[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2355]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE LIFE OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER AND MANAGER CHUCK 
                                 TANNER

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life of Major 
League Baseball player and manager Chuck Tanner, who died in his 
hometown of New Castle, in my district, on February 11 at the age of 
82.
  After hitting a home run in his first Major League at-bat in 1955, 
Tanner played eight seasons and later rose through the ranks to manage 
four Major League teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, who acquired 
him in a 1977 trade. It's in Pittsburgh where he reached the pinnacle 
of his baseball career, in 1979, when he managed the Pirates to a World 
Series championship.
  Following his retirement from baseball, Tanner returned to New Castle 
with his late wife, Babs, of 56 years. Chuck became a fixture at the 
New Castle restaurant that bears his name and where he ate nearly all 
his meals. Nearby, the Shenango High School baseball field is also 
named in his honor.
  Chuck Tanner spent a lifetime in baseball, and made friends and fans 
the world over; but it is in New Castle where he will be most fondly 
remembered and most sorely missed.

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