Urging a home field advantage in the Major League Baseball league championship series.

October 13, 1995

Mr. HOKE submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

Urging a home field advantage in the Major League Baseball league championship series.

Whereas America's free enterprise system is based on the idea that those who succeed should reap benefits in direct proportion to their level of success;

Whereas rewarding excellence and creating incentives for success, hard work, and fair play are the hallmarks of Major League Baseball ;

Whereas, under the current Major League Baseball playoff system, a team with the best record in its league may be penalized by not having a home field advantage; and

Whereas baseball is the only major American professional team sport where a team with the poorer record may have the home field advantage: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that--

(1) the home field advantage for the two Major League Baseball league championship series should go to the team having a better record; and

(2) if two teams have identical records, home field advantage should be determined by a head-to-head match-up between those two teams during the regular season.