IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 702 
Recognizing Major League Baseball as an important part of the cultural 
history of American society, celebrating the 2012 Major League Baseball 
All-Star Game, and honoring Kansas City, Missouri, as the host city 
of the 83rd All-Star Game. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2012 
Mr. CLEAVER (for himself, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mrs. HARTZLER, and 
Mr. LUETKEMEYER) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing Major League Baseball as an important part 
of the cultural history of American society, celebrating 
the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and 
honoring Kansas City, Missouri, as the host city of the 
83rd All-Star Game. 
Whereas Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, the Mid-
summer Classic, occurs once a year between players from 
the American and National Leagues, allowing baseball 
fans, players, and managers to select players to represent 
each league; 
Whereas the first All-Star Game, held as part of the 1933 
World’s Fair in Chicago, Illinois, at Comiskey Park was 
intended to be a one-time event, yet its widespread suc-
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cess led to the establishment of the game as an annual 
tradition; 
Whereas the Major League Baseball All-Star Game show-
cases the best baseball players in the Major Leagues and 
all across the world, giving baseball fans the opportunity 
to select the starting players; 
Whereas since 1933, the Major League Baseball All-Star 
Game has taken place every year but one, 1945, in the 
midst of World War II; 
Whereas the 83rd edition of the Major League Baseball All- 
Star Game for the 2012 season will be held on July 10, 
2012, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, 
the home of the Kansas City Royals; 
Whereas the event will mark the third time the All-Star 
Game has been played in Kansas City, with Kauffman 
Stadium, then named Royals Stadium, last hosting the 
event in 1973, the stadium’s inaugural year; 
Whereas the event was also held at Municipal Stadium in 
1960, when it was the home of the Athletics; 
Whereas the illustrious baseball history of Kansas City, Mis-
souri, includes the Royals’ 1985 World Series Champion-
ship, the contributions of Jackie Robinson, Buck O’Neil, 
and others to the Kansas City Monarchs, and Lou 
Gehrig’s final three innings of play in a 1939 exhibition 
against the Kansas City Blues; 
Whereas as part of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Sum-
mer celebration, Major League Baseball will host a num-
ber of events in the Greater Kansas City region leading 
up to the All-Star Game, benefitting the Kansas City 
community as a whole; 
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Whereas Major League Baseball and the Kansas City Royals 
will hold numerous charity events throughout the region, 
including an All-Star Game Charity 5K & Fun Run, with 
all Major League Baseball proceeds being donated equal-
ly between three cancer charities, Stand Up To Cancer, 
the Prostate Cancer Foundation and Susan G. Komen 
for the Cure, Greater Kansas City; 
Whereas as part of the All-Star Summer celebration, Major 
League Baseball will provide funding to help renovate 
two baseball fields owned by the Kansas City Missouri 
Parks and Recreation Department, Mulkey Square Park 
and Satchel Paige Stadium; 
Whereas the fields will be used regularly by local Reviving 
Baseball in Inner Cities leagues and by Guadalupe Cen-
ter Youth Baseball; 
Whereas Kansas City, Missouri, has worked to preserve the 
history of the Negro Baseball Leagues by establishing the 
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and as part of the All- 
Star Game summer events, funding will be provided for 
a new traveling exhibit focusing on Negro League Players 
who, after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color bar-
rier, began participating in All-Star Games in 1949; 
Whereas Kansas City, Missouri, known for word class 
barbeque, rich jazz history, and a legacy of professional 
sports, including the Royals’ 1985 World Series Cham-
pionship, will play host to the 83rd All Star Game, and 
will be showcased in the forefront of baseball history as 
the All-Star Game is broadcast worldwide; and 
Whereas the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 
Kansas City, Missouri, will be a unique and unforgettable 
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experience for baseball fans across the State of Missouri 
and throughout the country: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes Kansas City, Missouri, as the 
host city for the 83rd Major League Baseball All- 
Star Game, and supports efforts in achieving an un-
forgettable Midsummer Classic baseball experience 
for all fans; and 
(2) recognizes Major League Baseball for spon-
soring the All-Star Game and congratulates Major 
League Baseball for its efforts in energizing the 
Kansas City community by hosting a number of 
baseball related events that benefit numerous char-
ities, focusing on fan appreciation and youth involve-
ment, and emphasizing the continued appreciation of 
baseball as America’s favorite pastime. 
Æ 
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