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>> sean: didn't you hit a home run first time at-bat thankfully, yes. >>. >> sean: but you went through a streak at one point last season, batting .350, .400. >> a streak that was good. but streaks that were bad. i had streaks batting .150, that's baseball, up and down, part of the process. when it wasn't going good, people were like, you know, kind of get out of this before -- no, it's your, if you're in something i want to be all, in i'm a believer, a fighter. that's what i want to be in everything that i do. >> sean: how did you get to be this devout, what happened, especially at a young ag...

Your first time at bat? >> thankfully, yes. >> sean: you went through a streak at one point in the last season -- p funeral, batting .3, .400. >> a streak was good. >> also bad streaks. that is baseball up and.1 down. a lot of times, it wasn't going good, peopleod were like, do you want to get out of it? no. if's you are in something, i wat to be all income i'm a believer, a fighter, that is what i want to be in everything i do. >> sean: how did you get to be this devout? what happened? especially at a young age. how did that happen? >> for me, i want to have a life of meaning and significance...

Republicans wanted to make the temporary tax reduction a permanent fixture. bret, back to you. >> bret: deidre, thank you. frank robinson has died. he was the first black manager in major league baseball and only player to win the mvp award in both leagues. robinson became cleveland's player/manager in 1975 and proceeded to hit a home run in his first at bat in that role. during his baseball playing days robinson hit 586 home runs making him fourth on the career list behind only hank aaron, babe ruth and willie mays when he retired. he now ranks tenth. robinson also received the presidential m...

It could be unflattering to the president but not necessarily justified for congress to be digging into. >> sometimes these congressional hearings will be really organized and well thought out and somebody will say this is what we want you to ask about. this is what you should ask about. and it's done very strategically and then often times that's not what happens, however. often times members of the house pontificate. i assume you're hoping chairman cummings will do the former. >> i've actually talk ed to chairman cummings about his approach to investigations in general, not particularly this...

Champi champion. >> there is something powerful about a baseball game. the gigantic stadium, the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd as the ball sores towards the wall. when max learned kids from africa playing in the little league world series didn't have enough equipment, he decided to do something. he started angels at bat. he gathered used equipment sitting around in people's garages in green bay, wisconsin and donated it to kids in kenya. you know what else is powerful? leaders of any age that see people in need and help them. ♪ ♪ >> when i was younger, baseball meant a lot to me ...