Bill Text: IL HJR0109 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares June 12, 2018 as "Jim Thome Day" in the State of Illinois.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0109 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0109-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, James Howard "Jim" Thome is a retired professional | ||||||
| 3 | baseball player who
played 22 seasons from 1991 to 2012 for six | ||||||
| 4 | teams including the Cleveland
Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, | ||||||
| 5 | Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota
Twins, and | ||||||
| 6 | Baltimore Orioles; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome was born to
parents Joyce and Charles | ||||||
| 8 | Thome and raised in Peoria County; he began playing baseball | ||||||
| 9 | with the West
Peoria Little League and moved on to Limestone | ||||||
| 10 | Community High School in
Bartonville, where he achieved | ||||||
| 11 | all-state honors as a baseball shortstop; following his high | ||||||
| 12 | school graduation, he played baseball at Illinois Central | ||||||
| 13 | College
in East Peoria for one season before being drafted by | ||||||
| 14 | the Cleveland
Indians in 1989; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome officially retired from the Cleveland | ||||||
| 16 | Indians in 2014
accumulating the following career statistics: | ||||||
| 17 | .276 batting average, 2,328 hits, 612 home runs, and 1,699 RBI; | ||||||
| 18 | he now works in an executive
position with the Chicago White | ||||||
| 19 | Sox and as an analyst for MLB Network; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome's career highlights include: five time | ||||||
| 21 | All-Star in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, and 2006, Silver Slugger | ||||||
| 22 | Award in
1996, American League Come-Back Player of the Year in | ||||||
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| 1 | 2006, the Roberto
Clemente Award in 2002, and National League | ||||||
| 2 | home run champion in 2003; he was
inducted into the National | ||||||
| 3 | Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018 and the Greater Peoria
Area | ||||||
| 4 | Sports Hall of Fame in 2015 and is one of only 54 first ballot | ||||||
| 5 | baseball Hall of Famers; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome is known for his positive attitude and | ||||||
| 7 | outgoing
personality as well as his philanthropic activities | ||||||
| 8 | which have earned him two
Marvin Miller Man of the Year Awards | ||||||
| 9 | and the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award; he
is also known for his | ||||||
| 10 | willingness to sign autographs for the fans; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Jim Thome hit 612 home runs during his | ||||||
| 12 | professional baseball
career and is the 8th player in line in | ||||||
| 13 | baseball history to reach this
accomplishment; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | ||||||
| 16 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare June 12, 2018 as "Jim Thome | ||||||
| 17 | Day" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to Jim Thome as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 20 | respect.
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