Bill Text: TX SR33 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Texas Rangers for winning the 2023 Major League Baseball World Series.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-21 - Reported enrolled [SR33 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR33-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Rangers closed out a historic season by | ||
| winning the Major League Baseball World Series on November 1, 2023, | ||
| collecting the franchise's first championship; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After a remarkable regular season during which | ||
| they accomplished a historic turnaround by winning 90 games | ||
| and earning a wild-card berth in the playoffs, the Rangers | ||
| advanced through their first two postseason series against | ||
| the American League's two winningest teams, Tampa Bay and | ||
| Baltimore, without losing a single contest; following a | ||
| two-game triumph over the Rays, the Rangers recorded a | ||
| dominating 3-0 sweep of the Orioles to advance to the American | ||
| League Championship Series against the defending World Series | ||
| champion Houston Astros; the all-Texas battle went the | ||
| distance in seven thrilling games, and the Rangers clinched | ||
| their third trip to the World Series in dramatic fashion, | ||
| besting the Astros 11-4 in Game 7 behind a four-hit, two-home | ||
| run performance by Adolis Garcia; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Rangers matched up against the Arizona | ||
| Diamondbacks in the Fall Classic; Texas staged an exciting | ||
| comeback in Game 1, with Corey Seager blasting a two-run, | ||
| game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, and | ||
| Mr. Garcia hitting a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th | ||
| to win 6-5; after dropping Game 2 at home, the Rangers reeled | ||
| off three consecutive victories in Arizona, completing a | ||
| perfect road game record of 11-0 in the playoffs; in the | ||
| decisive Game 5, Nathan Eovaldi pitched six gritty innings, | ||
| followed by strong relief from Aroldis Chapman and Josh Sborz; | ||
| Texas took a 1-0 lead in the seventh inning and added four more | ||
| in the ninth, with Marcus Semien's two-run homer closing the | ||
| door on the Diamondbacks and securing a convincing 5-0 | ||
| victory; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Rangers were led by Mr. Seager, who won his | ||
| second World Series Most Valuable Player award, and by the | ||
| stellar play of Mr. Semien, Josh Jung, Nathaniel Lowe, Jonah | ||
| Heim, Evan Carter, and Mr. Garcia; overseeing the Rangers' | ||
| success in 2023 was manager Bruce Bochy, a future lock for the | ||
| Baseball Hall of Fame, who added a fourth World Series title | ||
| to his resume after sitting out three seasons; with the win in | ||
| Game 7 of the ALCS, Mr. Bochy moved to 6-0 in winner-take-all | ||
| games and has won 14 elimination games; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under the leadership of majority owner Ray | ||
| Davis, president and chief operating officer Neil Leibman, | ||
| and vice president and general manager Chris Young, the Texas | ||
| Rangers have won their first World Series in 62 seasons, and | ||
| this achievement will be celebrated by the team's countless | ||
| fans for many years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate the Texas | ||
| Rangers on winning the 2023 Major League Baseball World Series | ||
| and extend to the team's players, coaches, and staff sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Texas Rangers as an expression of high regard by | ||
| the Texas Senate. | ||
| Hughes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on November 21, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
