Political Quotes

“I rise today as a proud St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan. I have been a St. Louis Cardinals fan a lot longer than I have been a U.S. Senator, and I have never been more proud of the team, nor of the city and the State which supports that team. This weekend we saw the fabulous Mark McGwire hit home runs 60 and 61. And it was truly electrifying, not only for the people who were in the stands and watched the huge home runs--and when Mark McGwire hits a home run generally it is huge. He bounced one off of the dining room of the Stadium Club and it dropped back down beneath. There used to be a time when people didn't even think somebody could hit the Stadium Club. He has hit balls so far in Bush Stadium that they automatically start measuring them. The announcer of the Cardinal baseball games, the fabulous Jack Buck, talks about calling air traffic control to warn about it. There are a couple of things that I think need to be mentioned. No. 1, Mark McGwire is the kind of fine human being whom we need as a role model for our young people today, when the national spirit is sagging and we are talking about scandals. Here is a man, the first thing he did when he came to St. Louis was make a significant donation to the St. Louis Children's Hospital. He is a man who worships his son. When he crossed the plate after hitting his 61st home run, he picked up his 10-year-old son.”