Full Text of HR0996 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Phil Humber of the | 4 | | Chicago White Sox for pitching a perfect game against the | 5 | | Seattle Mariners on April 21, 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Phil Humber became only the 21st pitcher in Major | 7 | | League Baseball history to throw a perfect game and the third | 8 | | member in White Sox history to pitch a perfect game, joining | 9 | | Mark Buehrle against Tampa Bay on July 23, 2009 and Charles | 10 | | Robertson against Detroit on April 30, 1922; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox are now tied with the New | 12 | | York Yankees with the most number of perfect games in team | 13 | | history, with 3 perfect games; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, By pitching a perfect game, Phil Humber joins an | 15 | | elite class of pitchers that spans the ages and includes some | 16 | | all-time baseball greats, including John Richmond of the | 17 | | Worcester Brown Stockings, John Ward of the Providence Giants, | 18 | | Cy Young of the Boston Pilgrims, Addie Joss of the Cleveland | 19 | | Indians, Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox, Don Larsen | 20 | | of the New York Yankees, Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia | 21 | | Phillies, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Catfish | 22 | | Hunter of the Oakland Athletics, Len Barker of the Cleveland |
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| 1 | | Indians, Mike Witt of the California Angels, Tom Browning of | 2 | | the Cincinnati Reds, Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos, | 3 | | Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers, David Wells of the New York | 4 | | Yankees, David Cone of the New York Yankees, Randy Johnson of | 5 | | the Arizona Diamondbacks; Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White | 6 | | Sox, Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics, and Roy Halladay | 7 | | of the Philadelphia Phillies; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Phil Humber threw his perfect game in only his | 9 | | 30th Major League start; on route to his perfect game, Humber | 10 | | retired 27 straight Seattle Mariners, using just 97 pitches | 11 | | while striking out 9; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Phil Humber's game was Major League Baseball's | 13 | | first no-hitter of 2012 and the 3rd in history against Seattle; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Phil Humber was named the American League Player | 16 | | of the Week for the week ending April 22, 2012; he went 1-0 | 17 | | with a 0.63 ERA in 14 1/3 innings, while striking out 16 over 2 | 18 | | starts that week, including the perfect game; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we congratulate Phil Humber of the Chicago White Sox on his | 22 | | perfect game against the Seattle Mariners and wish him |
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| 1 | | continued success in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Phil Humber with our congratulations on this great | 4 | | achievement.
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