dave winfield, and randy johnson, just to name a few. i think those are all hall of famers. alaska's six times -- six-team league includes two teams in anchorage, one in fairbanks, one in palmer and one in eagle river, a picturesque area about 20 minutes from anchorage nestled in the mountains. it's part of anchorage by very much its own place with a sense of pride and people who live there like lee. let me tell you a little bit about lee jordan, madam president. leap was originally from -- lee was originally from alabama where football, not baseball, was king. when he enlisted in the army in 1947, his choice of overseas assignments was, according to him, anyplace but alaska. but he got alaska, and he stayed and he loved it. and he settled in eagle river. before long he owned the local newspaper, the "alaska star." now the cugiayak eagle river star and coaching his son's little league baseball team. when that got too old for little league, he began to form new leagues for him to play in. when his boys did. eventually his sons got too old for all the leagues but lee kept up the love for the game. then he and former state senator bill staltz, a good friend of mine and another h