On the recordJune 24, 2015
I rise with an extremely heavy heart to, once again, have to congratulate my good friend Mike Doyle, the manager of the Democratic baseball team, for another victory. It is sad, but true. Sad, but true. On June 11, the Republicans and the Democrats played the Annual Congressional Baseball Game. It was a spirited game, but for the seventh year in a row, Mr. Doyle's team won. I don't know how to say that. I will say that our team is back. Mark Walker, our MVP from North Carolina, pitched a good game. He struck out Cedric Richmond, which I think is probably the first time Cedric has not gotten a hit. We had new blood: Mr. Costello, Mr. Moolenaar, and several others. Of course, we had our stalwarts: John Shimkus; Kevin Brady; our whip, Steve Scalise. So we played a good game, but the Democrats deserved to win. They beat us, 5-20. I will say that it was a pretty low blow to have the President of the United States come and interrupt the game, take away our momentum right when we had a big rally. I am very proud of the Republican team, but I do want to congratulate Mike Doyle and the Democrats. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Doyle).
