Bob Menendez: “Mr. Speaker, I rise not to speak about the weighty matters of state that we often get up here and speak about but a…”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise not to speak about the weighty matters of state that we often get up here and speak about but a little bit about history. Tomorrow, Mr. Speaker, in Hoboken, NJ, which is in my congressional district, the city of Hoboken and its mayor, Anthony Russo, will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first officially recorded game of baseball. Yes, I am talking about baseball, the national pastime. On June 19, 1846, the first officially recorded baseball game was played on the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ. Yes, Cooperstown, NY, has the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but history clearly makes Hoboken the birthplace of modern baseball.”