[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             BASEBALL FANS

  Mr. REID. Madam President, the Republican leader and I follow very 
closely the Washington Nationals, and we talk often about how they fare 
on any given day. We just spent a minute commiserating about a young 
man from Las Vegas, Bryce Harper. We talk about him often because he is 
a phenomenon in baseball. Yesterday, while playing in Los Angeles--a 
late game--he got two walks, a hit, and, as he does all the time--well, 
not like this--he was chasing a ball full speed and he ran into the 
wall full speed. I told the Republican leader I am going to talk to his 
family later. It is too early in the West, but I told him I will talk 
to his mom or dad and find out how he is doing. But he crashed into 
that wall, and he has 11 stitches in his chin, he was knocked out, and 
he hurt one of his shoulders. So we will see how he is.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Will my friend the majority leader yield?
  Mr. REID. I would be glad to yield.
  Mr. McCONNELL. As my friend indicated, we were talking about this 
before the session opened. This kid is one the most incredible 
competitors I have ever seen.
  The game was on the west coast, and I don't know whether my friend 
stayed up that late, but I didn't stay up late enough to see the crash 
into the wall. So when my friend speaks to his mother, remind her that 
this is one thing on which leaders on both sides fully agree: We are 
hoping Harper has a speedy recovery and is back in the lineup.
  Mr. REID. And the manager said, when asked afterwards about him, I 
don't want him to change anything because he is such a competitor.
  But I think he will maybe have to watch those walls in the future.
  Mrs. BOXER. Plus, both Senators are wearing the same suit today. It 
is a good day for it.
  Mr. REID. Yes, we are wearing the same suit. We try to match 
wardrobes.

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