[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14204]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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        APPLAUDING 2016 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS, THE CHICAGO CUBS

  (Mr. LaHOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to applaud the 2016 World 
Series champions, the Chicago Cubs, and to congratulate back-to-back 
World Series MVP, Ben Zobrist.
  As the switch-hitting, utility player for the Cubs, Zobrist played a 
crucial role in bringing his team to victory. At the top of the 10th 
inning in Game 7 of the World Series, Zobrist roped an RBI double 
giving the Cubs the decisive run in the 8-7 victory that won their team 
its first World Series championship since 1908.
  Ben Zobrist is a native of Eureka, Illinois, located in my 
congressional district. The four-sport Eureka High School athlete went 
on to play baseball at Dallas Baptist University before launching his 
major league career.
  More admirable than his talent is his character. In Major League 
Baseball, Zobrist has represented the sport with true midwestern 
values. Ben is both a devout man of faith and a family man devoted to 
his wife and three children. Ben Zobrist's commitment to God, family, 
and baseball make him not just a hero for his hometown of Eureka, 
Illinois, but a man that all of America can respect and admire.

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