Josh Riley: “in Binghamton, we call our baseball team the Rumble Ponies, and you probably want to know why. Rumble Pony is another…”

“in Binghamton, we call our baseball team the Rumble Ponies, and you probably want to know why. Rumble Pony is another name for a carousel horse, and the Triple Cities is the carousel capital of the world. We have more carousels per capita than any place in the entire world. It is true. When the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Factory built the Triple Cities, it employed tens of thousands of people, built homes and parks, and the parks had carousels. The carousels are free to ride. They always have been. They always will be. It is part of the Square Deal. We are very proud of our Rumble Ponies, and these days we call them something else, too: Eastern League champions. Trailing 2-1 on the road in the bottom of the sixth in an elimination game, the Ponies did what we do in upstate New York: They picked themselves up, they fought back, and they won. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Manager Reid Brignac; Jett Williams; Pitcher of the Year Jonah Tong; Ryan Clifford; KJ and David Sobatka; and, of course, Rowdy and Ruby on a 90-win season and an Eastern League championship. Go Ponies.”