One of the most exciting events that I have attended this
summer was the Congressional Baseball game. Each year the Congressmen play a
baseball game for charity where the Democrats play the Republicans at Nationals
Park. This year was a special game
because Rep. Ron Paul was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the game because he is
retiring this year. He was inducted into the hall because in 1979 he was the
first person to hit an outside the park home run in the Congressional Baseball
game.
As an
intern I had to go to the game early to save seats for our staff with the other
interns, but this proved to have its advantages. I got in and saved our seats
and to my surprise Ron Paul was sitting one section to my left. Eventually I
went over to talk to him and he signed my hat and took a picture with me, which
was not necessary but shows what kind of person he is.
The
game itself was a blowout as Dem. Rep. Cedric Richmond, who actually
pitched in college, shut down the Republicans who really had no chance for the second year
in a row. It was a great experience though, and one of the more memorable of my
summer.
AH
Which AH?
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