Jim Bunning
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"James Paul David "Jim" Bunning" is an United States/American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician.

During his baseball career, he pitched from 1955 to 1971, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1959, the right-hander struck out the side, throwing the minimum nine pitches as a reliever in the top of the ninth inning of Detroit's 5–4 loss to Boston at Briggs Stadium. Sammy White (baseball)/Sammy White, Jim Mahoney and Ike Delock were the victims of his immaculate inning. When Bunning retired, he had the second-highest total of Top 100 Major League Baseball strikeout pitchers/career strikeouts in Major League history; he is currently 17th. Bunning pitched the seventh perfect game in Major League Baseball history on June 21, 1964, against the New York Mets. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1996/1996.

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The hard line is for the good of the kids.

I told him that at the Hall of Fame ceremonies. That's an alternative he has, and I think he should use it. Integrity of the game — where does that put the players union? I think it would be the right thing to do at this point.

The war against terror is every bit as important as our fight against fascism in World War II. Or our struggle against the spread of Communism during the Cold War.

But public opinion will support him overwhelmingly.

Basically, he says, 'In your face. Twenty games, take it or leave it.' That's completely unacceptable to the Congress.