Bill Text: IA HR118 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution urging Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame to reconsider each entity's decision to ban Pete Rose.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 20-8)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-12 - Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 843. [HR118 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HR118-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
118
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
118
BY
BACON
,
KAUFMANN
,
HEIN
,
JACOBSEN
,
MITCHELL
,
WILLS
,
WHEELER
,
SORENSEN
,
NORDMAN
,
BRINK
,
BOSSMAN
,
BEST
,
OLSON
,
KLEIN
,
THOMPSON
,
McCONKEY
,
SEXTON
,
BRADLEY
,
McCLINTOCK
,
MOORE
,
BAXTER
,
BOUSSELOT
,
COHOON
,
DUNWELL
,
WILLIAMS
,
SMITH
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
KRESSIG
,
and
JACOBY
A
Resolution
urging
Major
League
Baseball
and
the
1
National
Baseball
Hall
of
Fame
to
reconsider
each
2
entity’s
decision
to
ban
Pete
Rose.
3
WHEREAS,
Pete
Rose
was
born
in
1941
in
Cincinnati,
4
Ohio;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Rose
played
parts
of
24
seasons
in
6
Major
League
Baseball,
including
19
seasons
with
his
7
hometown
team,
the
Cincinnati
Reds;
and
8
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Rose
was
selected
to
the
National
9
League
All-Star
team
17
times
and
for
five
different
10
positions,
was
on
three
teams
that
won
the
World
11
Series,
won
the
National
League
Rookie
of
the
Year
12
award
in
1963,
won
the
National
League
Most
Valuable
13
Player
award
in
1973,
and
was
a
top-10
finalist
for
the
14
National
League
Most
Valuable
Player
award
nine
other
15
times;
and
16
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Rose
led
Major
League
Baseball
in
games
17
played
four
times,
plate
appearances
six
times,
at-bats
18
three
times,
runs
scored
three
times,
hits
seven
times,
19
doubles
four
times,
and
batting
average
two
times,
20
and
led
the
National
League
in
on-base
percentage
two
21
times;
and
22
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Rose
finished
his
career
with
a
23
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Major
League
record
3,562
games
played,
15,890
plate
1
appearances,
14,053
at-bats,
and
4,256
hits,
which
2
include
a
Major
League
record
3,215
singles;
and
3
WHEREAS,
Mr.
Rose
was
given
the
nickname
“Charlie
4
Hustle”
due
to
his
energetic
style
that
included
5
sprinting
to
first
base
even
after
a
plate
appearance
6
ended
as
a
walk;
and
7
WHEREAS,
a
1989
investigation
found
that
Mr.
Rose
8
bet
on
baseball
games
that
he
was
involved
in,
but
did
9
not
provide
any
evidence
that
Mr.
Rose
bet
against
his
10
team;
and
11
WHEREAS,
in
exchange
for
Major
League
Baseball
12
declining
to
make
a
formal
finding,
Mr.
Rose
agreed
to
13
be
permanently
placed
on
the
league’s
ineligible
list
14
and
his
subsequent
requests
for
reinstatement
have
not
15
been
approved;
and
16
WHEREAS,
in
1994,
the
National
Baseball
Hall
of
Fame
17
voted
to
exclude
individuals
on
Major
League
Baseball’s
18
ineligible
list
from
induction
into
the
National
19
Baseball
Hall
of
Fame;
and
20
WHEREAS,
despite
subsequently
amending
its
rules
21
so
that
Pete
Rose
was
eligible
for
consideration
for
22
induction
into
the
Major
League
Hall
of
Fame
by
the
23
Veterans
Committee,
Mr.
Rose
has
not
been
considered
24
for
induction;
and
25
WHEREAS,
in
2004,
Mr.
Rose
admitted
to
betting
on
26
baseball
games,
including
games
he
was
involved
in,
but
27
reaffirmed
that
he
never
bet
against
his
team;
and
28
WHEREAS,
American
culture,
including
the
state
of
29
Iowa,
has
grown
more
accepting
of
sports
betting;
and
30
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WHEREAS,
Mr.
Rose
was
one
of
the
greatest
baseball
1
players
of
all
time
but
has
been
punished
for
2
portraying
confidence
in
himself
and
his
teammates;
NOW
3
THEREFORE,
4
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
5
the
House
of
Representatives
recognizes
the
importance
6
of
Mr.
Pete
Rose
and
his
accomplishments
to
the
history
7
of
baseball
and
American
sports
and
urges
Major
League
8
Baseball
and
the
National
Baseball
Hall
of
Fame
to
9
reconsider
their
decision
to
prohibit
his
association
10
with
each
entity.
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