IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 24 
Honoring the 2022 World Series Champions—the Houston Astros—and the 
team’s dedicated, iconic manager, Dusty Baker, as well as all of the 
team’s outstanding players who have contributed to making history and 
proving that anything is possible. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2023 
Ms. JACKSON LEE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the 2022 World Series Champions—the Houston 
Astros—and the team’s dedicated, iconic manager, Dusty 
Baker, as well as all of the team’s outstanding players 
who have contributed to making history and proving 
that anything is possible. 
Whereas the Houston Astros are a preeminent professional 
baseball team with a rich history that was founded in 
1962 as the ‘‘Houston Colt .45s’’ before becoming the 
Astros in 1965 when they moved to their new home in 
the first-ever domed sports stadium, the Astrodome; 
Whereas the Astros became a symbol for perseverance within 
the Houston community in the aftermath of Hurricane 
Harvey when they elevated their dedication to service and 
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charitable contributions that helped Houstonians recover 
and rebuild; 
Whereas the Houston Astros are owned by Jim Crain, who 
has the utmost pride in the City of Houston and appre-
ciation for the Houston Astros’ loyal fans who have been 
pivotal to the success of the team and essential to achiev-
ing their 2022 World Series win; 
Whereas the general manager of the Houston Astros is 
James Click, who helped assemble a world-class organiza-
tion and enabled it to achieve extraordinary success 
through development of their players and built a roster 
that is steeped in talent; 
Whereas the Houston Astros are led by Dusty Baker, one of 
the greatest baseball minds of our era, who has become 
one of the most successful managers in baseball history; 
Whereas at 73 years old, Baker has been dedicated to Major 
League Baseball (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘MLB’’) for 
nearly 50 years, 19 years as a player and 30 years as 
a manager; 
Whereas Baker played with the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles 
Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, and 
Kansas City Royals; 
Whereas Baker is the only manager in MLB history to lead 
five different teams and to win division titles with five 
different clubs: the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, 
Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals, and Houston 
Astros; 
Whereas Dusty Baker is the first African-American manager 
to win 2,000 career games, is one of only two individuals 
in MLB history to produce 1,800 hits as a player and 
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2,000 wins as a manager, and is one of the most success-
ful people in baseball history; 
Whereas Baker finally clinched the one accolade that eluded 
him, winning the World Series as a Manager, by leading 
the Houston Astros to a World Series win in 2022; 
Whereas Baker embodies the values of sportsmanship, dedi-
cation, resilience, and wise leadership, and he serves as 
an example for all Americans that anything is possible 
with fortitude and perseverance; 
Whereas Jeremy Pen˜a had a breakout season, becoming the 
first-ever rookie shortstop, and only the third shortstop 
in MLB history, to win a Gold Glove Award; 
Whereas Pen˜a rose from being a reserve player on the Astros’ 
taxi squad who had only played 182 minor league games 
to becoming the first rookie position player in history to 
win a World Series MVP award and the youngest MVP 
player of any World Series; 
Whereas Pen˜a helped the Astros win the 2022 World Series 
with stellar play that is an inspiration to aspiring young 
players everywhere, and his personal story is proof that 
anything is possible with hard work, patience, determina-
tion, and focus that culminated in his World Series per-
formance that was truly outstanding; 
Whereas baseball was created in the United States, is a 
quintessentially American sport, compels the devotion of 
hundreds of millions of fans nationwide and beyond, and 
reaches its apex each year in the World Series, which is 
one of the greatest displays of teamwork, strategy, indi-
vidual excellence, and collective achievement; 
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