Political Quotes

“Mr. President, my good friend from Kansas mentioned that distance between third base and home plate, and in the ninth inning of the fifth game of the World Series, Hosmer was on third, and I believe there was one out. A ball was hit squarely to the third baseman, who caught it, ready to throw it to first, and then Hosmer did something nobody ever does: He decided he was going to steal home. And when you do that kind of thing, people respond in certain ways. They are surprised, you are surprised, and the Royals did that over and over again. He stole home and the game was tied in the 9th and then went to the 12th, but only because somebody did something nobody thought they would do. We could do a little more of that here, but certainly the Royals did that all season. I want to ask Senator McCaskill if there is anything she wants to add as we close up here. Mrs. McCASKILL. Well, I was lucky enough to be a witness to game 5 in New York, surrounded by a lot of apple-eating fans who were in shocked disbelief when it looked like the Mets had it under control and the Royals pulled a patented move out of their back pocket to tie up the game in the ninth inning. That particular play was one of those that you could tell it was almost instinct on the part of Hoz because he saw the throw and just went. Frankly, a bad throw to home plate was his savior. I am not sure he would have made it had it not been for the throw that went wild at home plate from the first baseman.…”