Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate those remarks of the Republican leader regarding Tim. People have heard me talk about baseball and how I fell in love with baseball as a little boy, listening on the radio and the game of the day. I so wanted to be a baseball player. As time went on, as a young man in college, I realized I wasn't big enough, fast enough, or good enough to be the baseball player of my dreams, but that didn't take away my love for baseball. Living in Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, we had a team, the Dodgers. We listened to the games and watched the games. In the Reno area, Northern Nevada, the team was the Giants. We in Southern Nevada didn't like the Giants. The days of Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Claude Osteen--those were the days of real baseball. Games were 2 to 1, 3 to 0, not these slugfests. We didn't have those then. In coming back to Washington, in the many years I have been here, we had the Baltimore Orioles. I love their owner--a wonderful man--Peter Angelos. I have been disappointed that they haven't done better, but they are doing pretty well this year. I have followed them very closely. Of course, when the Nationals team came here, our attention was focused not entirely on Baltimore--because it was the only team around here--but also on the Nationals, and we divided our attention. Of course, I have been to the Nationals games, and it has been great.…”