NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

RESOLUTION 44

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 519

 

 

A JOINT RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE NEW YORK YANKEES BASEBALL CLUB FOR ITS VISIT TO NORTH CAROLINA.

 

Whereas, George Steinbrenner did, on Saturday, April 2, 1977, bring to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, his 1976 American League Champion New York Yankees Baseball Club to play The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels in an exhibition game; and

Whereas, the Yankees traveled from spring training camp in Florida at great expense to their owners in order to honor Tar Heel baseball coach Walter Rabb, who is retiring after 31 seasons, and in order to promote college baseball; and

Whereas, the Yankees were the first major league team to appear in Chapel Hill since 1901; and

Whereas, the Yankees exhibited sportive goodwill and supplied wholesome entertainment allowing fans of all ages, including not only the 9,000 spectators assembled at Boshamer Stadium but also ninety-six percent (96%) of the State's population, through the facilities of the eight stations in The University of North Carolina Television Network, to witness major league baseball being played in North Carolina who otherwise may never have had an opportunity to do so; and

Whereas, it never rains in Chapel Hill (at inopportune moments) thus allowing the Yankess to gain a hard-earned 8-1 victory over the homestanding Tar Heels;

 

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

 

Section 1. That the General Assembly of North Carolina extends to George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees its thanks and appreciation for the joy they brought to the citizens of our State by appearing and playing an exhibition game in Chapel Hill, and wishes for them a highly successful 1977 major league baseball season.

Sec. 2. That certified copies of this resolution be transmitted by the Secretary of State to George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees, and to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sec. 3. This resolution shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of May, 1977.