put sam rayburn in perspective. [video clip] >> for nearly 50 years sam rayburn represented the fourth the district in texas. for 17 years, he was the speaker, longer than anyone else. his fingerprints are on some of the most important legislation of the 20th century. legislation that brought economic equality. rayburn never forgot his roots as a cotton farmer in texas. it was during truman's administration that rayburn clinched the record of the longest-serving speaker in history. in 1951, president truman presented his friend a gavel to commemorate. although the relationship was successful, conservatives in congress and the korean war [indiscernible] in 1952, the country elected world war ii hero general dwight d. eisenhower as president. the republicans won congress and rayburn was relegated to minority leader. two years later, the democrats regained control and rayburn returned to speaker's chair. brian: 1913 to 1961, he was in the house. is that possible? donald: he was not speaker the whole time. his speakersh

sam rayburn of texas though ended the tradition in 1958 because of too many injuries. >> we've had people hurt in our era. the members, kidding around, but the guys on the field and the girls, loretta sanchez on the democratic side they take it seriously. and they play very hard. we've had several people broken legs, broken wrist. >> i saw tim holden and bill jefferson collided looking up at a fly ball. jefferson had a concussion. but tim holden actually lost all of his front teeth and broke his nose and chipped a bone in his teeth and had to have his nose redone and fix his teeth. he was good looking after the game. >> did they ever play again? >> yeah, they played the next year. >> when i was pitching the a congressman from florida he kept crowding the plate at me. not that i can throw fast but i fired one inside, and i broke his wrist. he didn't crowd the plate anymore. >> have you heard from leadership about tonight's game? any pressure from them? >> you know they all come. nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, jim clyburn. >> our starring second baseman. >> all right. >> i will tell you that ke