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Actually, I was a batboy twice. I was, in 1954 and in 1955. 

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I remember in '54, my best friend on the team - we played at, 

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they played at Griffith Stadium. 

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My best friend that I made that night was Congressman Pat Jennings from Virginia, 

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who later became Clerk of the House. 

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And I, it was the only night I ever called him Pat. 

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He called me George and I called him Pat. 

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But I did it for two years in a row. It was great fun. 

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We had two pitchers. The starting pitcher was Gene McCarthy. 

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Eugene McCarthy, Senator McCarthy. 

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And he wasn't the best pitcher in the world. 

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The Republicans knocked him out. 

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And then probably the best athlete on the team came on the field and took over the pitching. 

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That was Stewart Udall, who went on to serve in President Kennedy's cabinet from 

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. . . Of course, his younger brother was Morris Udall. 

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But there were some interesting characters. 

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We lost the first game in '54, but I believe we won in '55. 

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There was really - I mean, it was intense. 

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Mendel Rivers was on the team. Huey Addonizio, who later on became Mayor of Newark.

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Dante Fascell from Miami was on the team. 

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Congressman Fountain from North Carolina. 

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And some of them were pretty good ballplayers. Some of them weren't.