Title: Honoring Edgar Martínez for excellence in his career as a professional baseball player and for his entrepreneurship, humanitarian work, and philanthropy, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
Honors Edgar Martinez for excellence in his career as a professional baseball player and a professional baseball hitting coach, and for his entrepreneurship, humanitarian work, and philanthropy.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 672 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 672

Honoring Edgar Martinez for excellence in his career as a professional 
 baseball player and for his entrepreneurship, humanitarian work, and 
                 philanthropy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 21, 2017

 Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Bass, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Brown of 
 Maryland, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New 
York, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, 
   Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mr. Heck, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
 Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Mr. King of New York, 
  Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, 
  Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
 Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, 
     and Ms. Maxine Waters of California) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring Edgar Martinez for excellence in his career as a professional 
 baseball player and for his entrepreneurship, humanitarian work, and 
                 philanthropy, and for other purposes.

Whereas on January 2, 1963, Edgar Martinez was born in New York, New York and 
        raised in Dorado, Puerto Rico;
Whereas on December 19, 1982, Edgar Martinez was signed to a minor league 
        contract with the Seattle Mariners and began his career with Seattle's 
        minor league affiliate, the Bellingham Mariners, in Bellingham, 
        Washington;
Whereas on September 12, 1987, Edgar Martinez made his major league debut for 
        the Seattle Mariners;
Whereas on October 8, 1995, Edgar Martinez made the most memorable play in 
        Seattle Mariners history with ``The Double'';
Whereas on September 9, 2003, Edgar Martinez was inducted into the Hispanic 
        Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame located in San Francisco, 
        California;
Whereas on March 5, 2005, the City of Seattle renamed the street along the south 
        side of the Mariners ballpark, to Edgar Martinez Drive South;
Whereas on June 2, 2007, Edgar Martinez was inducted into the Seattle Mariners 
        Hall of Fame;
Whereas on June 20, 2007, Edgar Martinez was inducted into the World Sports 
        Humanitarian Hall of Fame in Boise, Idaho for countless hours, funds, 
        and efforts toward humanitarian causes, including--

    (1) the Martinez Fellowship for closing the achievement gap by 
improving teacher diversity and the retention of teachers of color in 
Washington State;

    (2) the Edgar Martinez Endowment for Muscular Dystrophy Research; and

    (3) the Martinez fundraiser for the New York City relief efforts for 
Hurricane Sandy;

Whereas in 2013 the Seattle Mariners opened a Northwest-Mex restaurant in left 
        field named Edgar's Cantina in honor of his excellence;
Whereas Edgar Martinez is widely considered the greatest designated hitter in 
        Major League Baseball (``MLB'') history, and the American League 
        Outstanding Designated Hitter Award was renamed the Edgar Martinez 
        Outstanding Designated Hitter Award after he received it five times;
Whereas Edgar Martinez has won numerous MLB awards for his excellence as a 
        professional baseball player, including--

    (1) the designation of ``All-Star'' in 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 
2001, and 2003;

    (2) the 1992 and 1995 American League Batting Title, with averages of 
.343 and .356 respectively;

    (3) the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award in 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 
and 2001;

    (4) the 2004 Roberto Clemente Award for exemplifying the game of 
baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and contribution to his 
team; and

    (5) the Silver Slugger Award in 1992, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003;

Whereas Edgar Martinez is a beloved figure in the State of Washington for his 
        entrenched identity in the Pacific Northwest as a player for Seattle, 
        resident of Bellevue, entrepreneur in Kirkland, and philanthropist 
        throughout the State of Washington; and
Whereas on August 12, 2017, Edgar Martinez's number 11 jersey was retired by the 
        Seattle Mariners: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors Edgar Martinez for excellence in his career as a 
        professional baseball player and a professional baseball 
        hitting coach, and for his entrepreneurship, humanitarian work, 
        and philanthropy;
            (2) wishes Edgar Martinez continued success as hitting 
        coach for the Seattle Mariners and in his humanitarian and 
        philanthropic efforts; and
            (3) expresses deep appreciation for his example as a role 
        model to children and baseball fans alike.
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