Jim Bunning
Jim Bunning
James Paul David "Jim" Bunningis an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 October 1931
CitySouthgate, KY
CountryUnited States of America
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see what the other major league sports do. ... We hope this agreement by major league baseball will stimulate the other sports to stiffen their penalties.
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Well, the World Series has come and gone, and they still have not come to an agreement, so we're going to move ahead in Congress, ... It's my opinion that Major League Baseball and the players union will not come to an agreement that's satisfactory.
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If they would take seriously the bills before the Congress and negotiate some kind of settlement that is close to the bills in the House and in the Senate, then I think major league sports and their unions could get away without having legislation passed by the Congress, ... I don't see that happening.
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It's unfortunate we've come to the point where Congress has to take action but the leagues and the players have left us no other choice,
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We have heard a lot of talk from professional sports leagues that they would do something to clean up this mess, but so far it has been just that: a lot of talk, ... Hopefully Congress' action will light a fire under their feet to come to an agreement before we do it for them.
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We'll leave it there and see what the other major league sports do, ... We are very anxious to rid all professional sports of any ... steroids or amphetamines.
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We plan to find out if these major league sports are going to do anything. If they give us the excuse that they're tied in to collective bargaining agreements and they can't do anything, ... then it's up to Congress to change it and make it the law of the land.
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I hope now that the other sports leagues take note of baseball's lead and toughen up their own penalizes, too,
We don't want the bill, but if they can't get together, they're going to get a bill,
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reading is essential to the development of our children.
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Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn't be a difficult decision.
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This offers the fans, I think, the almost certainty that there will be nothing but baseball to worry about. The focus will be on baseball and not on labor unrest.
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Marriage matters to our society. Mothers and fathers both matter to children. Only a man and a woman have the ability to create children.
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I think, seriously, that they are under the opinion that we will not act, ... We tried to explain to them that we are going to act because of their failure to do so, and I don't think it's sunk in.