Bill Text: IA HR110 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution recognizing the importance of Minor League Baseball in Iowa and demanding that Major League Baseball abandon its efforts to eliminate Major League Baseball parent-club affiliation with certain franchises located in Iowa.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-11)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2020-03-11 - Laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 590. [HR110 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HR110-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
110
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
110
BY
MOMMSEN
,
WOLFE
,
KURTH
,
WINCKLER
,
B.
MEYER
,
KONFRST
,
FISHER
,
KRESSIG
,
CARLSON
,
BEST
,
GERHOLD
,
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
,
HALL
,
OLDSON
,
COHOON
,
STECKMAN
,
M.
SMITH
,
NIELSEN
,
JACOBY
,
McCONKEY
,
FORBES
,
BEARINGER
,
WILBURN
,
THORUP
,
ISENHART
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
OLSON
,
KAUFMANN
,
STAED
,
KURTZ
,
SIECK
,
EHLERT
,
SHIPLEY
,
MOHR
,
and
MAXWELL
A
Resolution
recognizing
the
importance
of
Minor
League
1
Baseball
in
Iowa
and
demanding
that
Major
League
2
Baseball
abandon
its
efforts
to
eliminate
Major
3
League
Baseball
parent-club
affiliation
with
certain
4
franchises
located
in
Iowa.
5
WHEREAS,
Iowa
has
a
long
and
rich
connection
to
6
baseball,
serving
as
the
birthplace
of
over
200
Major
7
League
Baseball
players,
including
Hall
of
Famer
8
Bob
Feller
and
2019
World
Series
Champion
Jeremy
9
Hellickson,
and
providing
the
setting
for
one
of
the
10
most
popular
baseball
films
of
all
time,
Field
of
11
Dreams,
in
which
a
ballpark
in
rural
Iowa
is
famously
12
confused
for
heaven;
and
13
WHEREAS,
Major
League
Baseball
announced
that
the
14
Field
of
Dreams
property
in
Dyersville
will
host
a
15
Major
League
Baseball
game
featuring
the
New
York
16
Yankees
and
Chicago
White
Sox
in
August
of
2020,
with
17
Commissioner
Rob
Manfred
recognizing
Iowa’s
unique
role
18
in
baseball
culture
and
the
rustic
backdrop
that
Iowa
19
provides
by
stating,
“We
look
forward
to
celebrating
20
the
movie’s
enduring
message
of
how
baseball
brings
21
people
together
at
this
special
cornfield
in
Iowa”;
and
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110
WHEREAS,
the
history
of
professional
baseball
in
1
Iowa
traces
back
over
100
years
to
the
Keokuk
Westerns,
2
who
played
part
of
the
1875
season
in
the
National
3
Association,
which
is
considered
the
first
professional
4
baseball
league;
and
5
WHEREAS,
professional
baseball
first
appeared
in
6
Davenport
and
Des
Moines
in
1879,
Burlington
in
1889,
7
Cedar
Rapids
in
1890,
and
Clinton
in
1895,
with
Des
8
Moines,
Burlington,
and
Cedar
Rapids
each
hosting
over
9
100
seasons
of
professional
baseball;
and
10
WHEREAS,
over
40
million
fans
bought
tickets
to
11
Minor
League
Baseball
games
in
2019,
of
which
nearly
1
12
million
were
purchased
at
Iowa
ballparks,
meaning
that
13
a
state
that
makes
up
less
than
1
percent
of
the
United
14
States
population
was
responsible
for
over
2
percent
15
of
Minor
League
Baseball
ticket
sales,
demonstrating
16
Iowa’s
devotion
for
America’s
pastime
at
the
Minor
17
League
Baseball
level;
and
18
WHEREAS,
the
Sports
Business
Journal
recognized
19
the
Quad
Cities
region
as
the
top
minor
league
sports
20
market
in
the
United
States
in
2015
and
named
Des
21
Moines
as
the
top
minor
league
sports
market
in
2017,
22
owing
in
large
part
to
the
entertainment
and
economic
23
value
that
Minor
League
Baseball
teams
provide
in
each
24
market;
and
25
WHEREAS,
the
Quad
Cities
River
Bandits
spend
nearly
26
$2
million
each
year
on
local
vendors;
additionally,
27
the
Quad
Cities
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau
has
28
stated
that
more
than
half
of
the
annual
hotel
room
29
nights
spent
in
the
Quad
Cities
region
are
attributable
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to
the
River
Bandits
and
other
local
sporting
1
events;
and
2
WHEREAS,
the
Clinton
LumberKings,
the
only
remaining
3
charter
club
of
the
Midwest
League,
create
an
estimated
4
annual
economic
impact
of
$6.56
million
in
Clinton
5
County,
which
contributed
to
approximately
75
percent
6
of
the
total
tax
revenue
the
county
received
from
7
domestic
tourism
in
2018;
and
8
WHEREAS,
according
to
the
Economic
Development
9
Authority,
the
Burlington
Bees
have
supported,
directly
10
and
indirectly,
$4.7
million
in
wages
in
Des
Moines
11
County;
and
12
WHEREAS,
Major
League
Baseball
wants
to
eliminate
13
approximately
25
percent
of
the
Minor
League
Baseball
14
teams
in
the
country,
including
the
Quad
City
River
15
Bandits,
the
Clinton
LumberKings,
and
the
Burlington
16
Bees;
and
17
WHEREAS,
many
Iowans
live
at
least
three
hours
18
away
from
the
nearest
Major
League
Baseball
team
and
19
are
“blacked
out”
from
watching
six
of
the
closest
20
geographic
Major
League
Baseball
teams
on
no-cost
21
television,
making
local
Minor
League
Baseball
teams
22
the
best
opportunity
for
fans
to
see
potential
Major
23
League
Baseball
players;
and
24
WHEREAS,
each
Minor
League
Baseball
team
in
Iowa
has
25
been
a
temporary
home
for
many
Major
League
Baseball
26
stars;
the
Iowa
Cubs
have
rostered
many
heroes
from
27
the
2016
Chicago
Cubs
team
that
broke
a
108-year
28
championship
drought
by
winning
the
World
Series;
the
29
Cedar
Rapids
Kernels
featured
reigning
American
League
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Most
Valuable
Player
Mike
Trout;
the
Burlington
Bees
1
featured
Mark
Buehrle,
who
would
win
the
2005
World
2
Series
with
the
Chicago
White
Sox,
and
also
featured
3
Hall
of
Famers
Paul
Molitor,
Billy
Williams,
and
2020
4
inductee
Larry
Walker;
the
Clinton
LumberKings
featured
5
Orel
Hershiser,
Mike
Scioscia,
and
Dave
Stewart,
all
6
of
whom
played
in
the
1988
World
Series
and
each
of
7
whom
would
win
at
least
one
World
Series
Championship
8
during
his
respective
career;
and
the
Quad
Cities
River
9
Bandits
featured
beloved
Minnesota
Twins
catcher
Joe
10
Mauer,
who
won
three
batting
titles
during
his
career,
11
and
Joe
Maddon,
who
managed
the
Chicago
Cubs
to
victory
12
in
the
2016
World
Series;
NOW
THEREFORE,
13
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
14
That
the
House
of
Representatives
stands
in
support
of
15
Iowa’s
Minor
League
Baseball
teams
by
demanding
that
16
Major
League
Baseball
abandon
its
efforts
to
eliminate
17
the
Major
League
Baseball
parent-club
affiliation
of
18
the
Quad
Cities
River
Bandits,
the
Clinton
LumberKings,
19
and
the
Burlington
Bees;
and
20
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
House
of
21
Representatives
appreciates
the
economic
and
cultural
22
benefits
that
Iowa’s
Minor
League
Baseball
teams
bring
23
to
their
respective
communities
and
to
the
entire
state
24
of
Iowa.
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