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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the World Champion | ||||||
| 4 | Chicago Cubs on winning an epic World Series on November 2, | ||||||
| 5 | 2016; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs last won the World Series in 1907 | ||||||
| 7 | and 1908; they last appeared in the World Series in 1945; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs compiled a record of 103 wins and | ||||||
| 9 | 58 losses during the 2016 season; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs fielded the entire starting | ||||||
| 11 | infield for the 2016 MLB All-Star Game; this marked the first | ||||||
| 12 | time a National League team had done so since 1963; they had | ||||||
| 13 | seven players selected, Jake Arrieta, Kris Bryant, Dexter | ||||||
| 14 | Fowler, Jon Lester, Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell, and Ben | ||||||
| 15 | Zobrist; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs won the division championship | ||||||
| 17 | with a 17.5 game lead; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs eliminated the San Francisco | ||||||
| 19 | Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the playoffs to advance | ||||||
| 20 | to the World Series; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in | ||||||
| 2 | a historic and dramatic World Series Game 7 that went into | ||||||
| 3 | extra innings, ending with a score of 8 to 7 in the 10th; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs rallied from a deficit of three | ||||||
| 5 | games to one, a feat only accomplished by five other teams in | ||||||
| 6 | World Series history; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, A victory parade and rally was held for the | ||||||
| 8 | Chicago Cubs on November 4, 2016, drawing five million fans, | ||||||
| 9 | making it the seventh largest known gathering in the history of | ||||||
| 10 | the world; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs have the greatest and most loyal | ||||||
| 12 | fans in the world; with its historic scoreboard and green ivy, | ||||||
| 13 | Wrigley Field is one of the greatest places to watch a ball | ||||||
| 14 | game; Manager Joe Maddon has said that "playing in Wrigley | ||||||
| 15 | Field is magical"; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, The Ricketts family, Crane Kenney and the entire | ||||||
| 17 | Cubs front office, and Theo Epstein should be praised for | ||||||
| 18 | bringing together such an amazing team and for setting the | ||||||
| 19 | Chicago Cubs on a course for continued success for many years | ||||||
| 20 | to come; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 2 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate the Chicago Cubs on winning the 2016 World Series; | ||||||
| 4 | and be it further | ||||||
| 5 | RESOLVED, That we congratulate Manager Joe Maddon on | ||||||
| 6 | guiding the Chicago Cubs to the championship with his zen | ||||||
| 7 | leadership, convincing both players and fans to look forward | ||||||
| 8 | not backwards, to think positively, and to "Do simple better"; | ||||||
| 9 | and be it further | ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, That we designate March 8, 2017 "Chicago Cubs | ||||||
| 11 | World Series Champions Day"; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to members of the Chicago Cubs organization.
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