User Clip: 1983 congressional baseball game: Bill Richardson pitches to Ron Paul
Richardson (D-N.M.) and Paul (R-Texas) would run for president 25 years later in 2008.
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Richardson (D-N.M.) and Paul (R-Texas) would run for president 25 years later in 2008.
Mizell, who was a major-league baseball pitcher prior to serving in Congress (R-NC 1969-1975), talks about pitching in the 1969 congressional baseball game.
#ThrowbackThursday: Bruce Collins @BruceCSPAN reports the 1983 Congressional Baseball Game
Claude Pepper throws out first pitch at 1983 congressional baseball game
Congressional Baseball Game opens with peppy Star Wars theme
Barney Frank commentary: "Republicans are sensitized to the gender gap, think the cheerleaders are sexist. Democrats a little bit cocky."
Former Congressman Marty Russo at bat in the Congressional Baseball Game 1983
Pepper, then 82, served in the Senate from 1936 to 1951 and in the House from 1963 until his death in 1989.
Kasich (R-Ohio) and Richardson (D-New Mexico) played in the 1983 congressional baseball game as House freshmen.
Congressional Baseball Game Star Wars Theme
Pepper, then 82 years old, served in the U.S. Senate from 1936 to 1951 and in the U.S. House from 1963 until his death in 1989. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P0002…
Barney Frank commentary: "Republicans are sensitized to the gender gap, think the cheerleaders are sexist. Democrats a little bit cocky."