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Senate Unanimously Approves Blunt Resolutions Honoring Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 83rd Annual All-Star Game In Kansas City
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt’s resolutions recognizing the 83rd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Kauffman Stadium on July 10, 2012 and promoting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City passed the U.S. Senate unanimously yesterday.
U.S. Representative Emmanuel Cleaver introduced two companion resolutions in the U.S. House, and U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill cosponsored Blunt’s resolutions in the Senate.
“These bipartisan resolutions honor our nation’s pastime and promote the valuable contributions of baseball to the Kansas City area and to the nation,” said Blunt. “Kansas City is fortunate to lay claim to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and I’m hopeful that the All-Star game will attract even more fans and visitors from across the country to learn about the rich baseball heritage of Kansas City.”
“While many folks can’t remember a time when African Americans were excluded from America’s pastime, it’s important for everyone to know that era did exist, and Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum can teach them about the incredibly proud place that the Negro Leagues had in America’s sports history,” said McCaskill. “Sports fans from around the country will have a chance to visit the museum, along with everything else that Kansas City has to offer during the All-Star festivities—because while visitors might arrive as fans of baseball, I know they’ll leave as fans of the whole city.”
“Kansas City is the perfect place for the 83rd annual All-Star Game and we are thrilled to host such a monumental and unforgettable event,” said Cleaver. “Kansas City is, after all, the home of the Negro League World Champion Monarchs and home of the Major League World Champion Royals. It is where Mickey Mantle got his first hit and Babe Ruth his last. Where Satchel Paige dominated the mound and Cool Papa Bell hit a ball farther than anyone has ever seen – out of Municipal Stadium and over Brooklyn Avenue.”
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