Ron Paul inducted into Congressional Baseball HOF & throws out 1st pitch (vid/pics added)

jct74 said:
so I guess we learned a few days ago that Ron actually didn't hit the only homerun in the CBG history, there was one other in 1997 that hit the foul pole, but he may still own the longest hit in history, it's up for debate.

Shortly after Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) was inducted into the CQ Roll Call Congressional Baseball Hall of Fame on the strength of his power at the plate, Democratic star Cedric Richmond (La.) knocked one of the longest hits in the history of the game Thursday night.

In 51 years of Congressional baseball, only two players have hit an out-of-the-park home run: Paul in 1979 and Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) in 1997. According to Roll Call’s coverage of those games, Paul’s homer cleared the left-field wall just to the right of the 310-foot sign at Four Mile Run Park in Alexandria, Va., and Shimkus’ shot hit the foul pole at Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie, Md. It’s 309 feet from home plate to the pole in left.

But in 1976, Paul led off the game with a double off the left-field wall at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, then home to the Orioles. Without more specifics on which part of the wall it hit, we can only provide a range on the distance of his shot. The left-field corner at Memorial Stadium was also 309 feet from home, while the wall in left-center field was 376 feet from the plate. Somewhere in there lies the actual distance of Paul’s double.

Last night, Richmond stepped up to bat in the third inning at Nationals Park and smashed a double off the wall in left field. Given where it struck the wall, we estimate the hit traveled 360 to 370 feet, making it the longest or second-longest hit in the game’s 51 years.

Oh, and Richmond also pitched a complete game as the Democrats won 18-5 and took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series that will conclude with someone owning another coveted Roll Call trophy.
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http://www.rollcall.com/news/cedric_the_entertaining-215830-1.html

I'd say Ron's shot is still more impressive though considering Richmond played baseball in college and is bigger than Ron. :toady:
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I think this Roll Call article is also failing to take into account Ron's double off the wall in the 1983 game, that may have been the longest hit of all. You can see at 4:19 of the video the left field wall is 310 feet deep, and the area of the wall it hit was more in centerfield than it was in left field, so I'm thinking that was the longest one of them all. I think maybe Roll Call needs to be contacted about this blatant omission. :p
 
jct74 said:
so I guess we learned a few days ago that Ron actually didn't hit the only homerun in the CBG history, there was one other in 1997 that hit the foul pole, but he may still own the longest hit in history, it's up for debate.



http://www.rollcall.com/news/cedric_the_entertaining-215830-1.html

I'd say Ron's shot is still more impressive though considering Richmond played baseball in college and is bigger than Ron. :toady:
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They have no idea how far the one Ron hit over the wall went.
 
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Who else loves that this kid's shirt says, "repaulican." LOL. I just read an article that said people were holding signs that said, "Take me out to the Paul Game." HA!
 
[video]http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7413352n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsVideoPolitics+(CBSNews .com+Video%3A+Politics)[/video]

Can't embed for some reason, but here's the link.

Cute sign -- "Take Me Out to the Paul Game" :)
 
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No1butPaul said:
[video]http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7413352n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsVideoPolitics+(CBSNews .com+Video%3A+Politics)[/video]

Can't embed for some reason, but here's the link.

Cute sign -- "Take Me Out to the Paul Game" :)
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Great vid. Love how he immediately handed the plaque to Carol :)
 
kathy88 said:
Great vid. Love how he immediately handed the plaque to Carol :)
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lol! They handed to him at the mic, I think he was supposed to give a speech....

and that bit at the end, that he probably plays now better than he did then? I guess he was never a pitcher.....
 
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Ron Paul - Still fit the same clothes 30 years later, kinda like his record
 
jct74 said:
tube of the CBS video (induction + first pitch)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTkN8vyYdbs
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This video is not available in your country. Learn more.
Sorry about that.
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AAAAHHHHH Censorship.
They shouldn't say they are sorry, they should simply show me the video.
And yes I'd like to learn more, that's why I wanted to watch the video....
Does anybody know if there is an alternate tube ? I really wanted to see this...

PS: I did manage to 'see' the video on the CBS site itself, although the video itself didn't really work well, the audio was fine.
 
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