Bill Text: IL HR0607 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the St. Louis Cardinals on winning the 2011 World Series.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-11-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0607 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0607-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the St. Louis | ||||||
| 4 | Cardinals on winning the 2011 World Series Championship; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The St. Louis Cardinals World Series victory marks | ||||||
| 6 | the 11th World Series championship title for the Cardinal | ||||||
| 7 | franchise, the second-most World Series titles of any Major | ||||||
| 8 | League team; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Cardinals' hope of making the 2011 playoffs | ||||||
| 10 | was unquestionably doubted; by making their unlikely run to the | ||||||
| 11 | top, the Cardinals organization reminded the city of St. Louis | ||||||
| 12 | that it has always been a baseball town; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The players made it happen with their skill and | ||||||
| 14 | perseverance, turning a frustrating season into a thriller, | ||||||
| 15 | featuring innumerable contributions from every player, coach, | ||||||
| 16 | and the entire St. Louis Cardinals family, ending the season on | ||||||
| 17 | top, bringing the roar back to the Cardinal Nation, and adding | ||||||
| 18 | a new chapter to Cardinal lore for fans to celebrate forever; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The St. Louis Cardinals battled against the | ||||||
| 21 | aggressive play and talent of the American League Champions, | ||||||
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| 1 | the Texas Rangers, who deserve great credit for an outstanding | ||||||
| 2 | performance in the 2011 World Series; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Game 6 of the 2011 World Series was one of the | ||||||
| 4 | most suspenseful Major League Baseball post-season games ever; | ||||||
| 5 | after being down 2 runs and down to their last out twice in | ||||||
| 6 | extra innings, the St. Louis Cardinals pulled through, ending | ||||||
| 7 | Game 6 with a solo home run from the hometown hero, David | ||||||
| 8 | Freese, off a pitch by the Texas Rangers' Mark Lowe in the 11th | ||||||
| 9 | inning for a 10-9 Cardinals win; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, With their 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers in | ||||||
| 11 | Game 7 on October 28, 2011, the St. Louis Cardinals won their | ||||||
| 12 | 11th World Series; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we congratulate the St. Louis Cardinals on their spectacular | ||||||
| 16 | World Series victory, their long, distinguished history, their | ||||||
| 17 | many successes as a franchise, and an amazing unheard-of | ||||||
| 18 | comeback season, and we recognize the players, coaches, and | ||||||
| 19 | leadership of the Cardinals organization; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That we also congratulate Tony LaRussa on his | ||||||
| 21 | outstanding career; during 33 seasons with the Chicago White | ||||||
| 22 | Sox (1979-86), the Oakland A's (1986-95), and the St. Louis | ||||||
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| 1 | Cardinals (1996-2011), LaRussa compiled a 2,728-2,365 | ||||||
| 2 | regular-season record, trailing only Connie Mack (3,731) and | ||||||
| 3 | John McGraw (2,763) for wins, and his 70 postseason victories | ||||||
| 4 | are behind only Joe Torre's 84; LaRussa won the World Series | ||||||
| 5 | with Oakland in 1989, St. Louis in 2006, and again this year, | ||||||
| 6 | joining Sparky Anderson as the only manager to win with clubs | ||||||
| 7 | in both leagues; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to the St. Louis Cardinals as a symbol of our esteem | ||||||
| 10 | and respect.
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