House Bill 9069

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9069

        By Representative L. Miller






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commending the New York Yankees

  3         for winning the 1998 World Series and for their

  4         contributions to the State Of Florida.

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  6         WHEREAS, Major League Baseball's New York Yankees are

  7  owned by George M. Steinbrenner, a productive and valued

  8  resident of the City of Tampa, Florida, and

  9         WHEREAS, the Yankees, 24-time World Champions, conduct

10  their annual spring training in the City of Tampa, as well as

11  maintaining their year-round player development training

12  facility for both their major league and minor league players,

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14         WHEREAS, the presence of the Yankees organization in

15  the City of Tampa provides an economic boost not only to the

16  city, but to area charities and to the entire Tampa Bay area,

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18         WHEREAS, members of the New York Yankees who either

19  live in or are from the Tampa Bay area include players Derek

20  Jeter, Joe Giradi, David Cone, Tino Martinez, and Coach Don

21  Zimmer, and

22         WHEREAS, the Yankees, characterized by Time Magazine as

23  the "best team ever," had an outstanding 1998 season, winning

24  125 games and losing only 50, and

25         WHEREAS, the Yankees capped the season by winning the

26  American League Eastern Division title, then the American

27  League pennant, and ultimately the 1998 World Series, to win

28  the World Series for the second time in 3 years, and

29         WHEREAS, Yankees Manager Joe Torre did an extraordinary

30  job of managing the team through its amazing 1998 season, his

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9069

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  1  third with the team, after a long and stellar career as a

  2  major league player, and

  3         WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the members

  4  of the Florida House of Representatives commend an

  5  organization that is responsible for so much benefit to the

  6  State of Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  8  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  9  Florida:

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11         That the New York Yankees are hereby commended for

12  their record-setting season and for winning the 1998 World

13  Series.

14         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that owner George M.

15  Steinbrenner, Manager Joe Torre, all Yankees coaches and

16  players, and the entire Yankees organization are further

17  commended, not only for their distinguished accomplishments on

18  behalf of Major League Baseball, but also for their many

19  contributions on behalf of the City of Tampa, the Tampa Bay

20  area, and the State of Florida.

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