Full Text of HR0571 96th General Assembly
HR0571 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Mark Buehrle of the | 4 |
| Chicago White Sox for pitching a perfect game against the Tampa | 5 |
| Bay Rays on July 23, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark Buehrle became only the 18th pitcher in Major | 7 |
| League Baseball history to throw a perfect game and the first | 8 |
| member of the White Sox to pitch a perfect game since Charlie | 9 |
| Robertson in 1922; and
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| WHEREAS, By pitching a perfect game, Mark Buehrle joins an | 11 |
| elite class of pitchers that spans the ages and includes some | 12 |
| of the all-time baseball greats, including John Richmond of the | 13 |
| Worcester Brown Stockings, John Ward of the Providence Giants, | 14 |
| Cy Young of the Boston Pilgrims, Addie Joss of the Cleveland | 15 |
| Indians, Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox, Don Larsen | 16 |
| of the New York Yankees, Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia | 17 |
| Phillies, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Catfish | 18 |
| Hunter of the Oakland Athletics, Len Barker of the Cleveland | 19 |
| Indians, Mike Witt of the California Angels, Tom Browning of | 20 |
| the Cincinnati Reds, Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos, | 21 |
| Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers, David Wells of the New York | 22 |
| Yankees, David Cone of the New York Yankees, and Randy Johnson | 23 |
| of the Arizona Diamondbacks; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark Buehrle's perfect game led the Sox to a 5-0 | 2 |
| victory; it was the second no-hitter of his career; and
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| WHEREAS, Mark Buehrle threw 76 of his 116 pitches for | 4 |
| strikes and struck out 6 of the hitters he faced in a game that | 5 |
| lasted only 2 hours and 3 minutes; and
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| WHEREAS, Buehrle's perfect game was an amazing | 7 |
| demonstration of team work as both offense and defense, | 8 |
| including DeWayne Wise's astounding catch against the wall in | 9 |
| the 9th inning, helped support Buehrle in his efforts; and
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| WHEREAS, President Barack Obama called Buehrle's perfect | 11 |
| game an unbelievable achievement and something that everyone | 12 |
| will always remember; and
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| WHEREAS, On top of his perfect game and throughout his | 14 |
| Major League Baseball career, Mark Buehrle has won a World | 15 |
| Series, been named to four All-Star teams, and pitched two | 16 |
| no-hitters; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Mark Buehrle's career continues to grow in success | 18 |
| having recorded 133 wins, an ERA of 3.76, and 1,159 batters | 19 |
| struck out to date; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox on his | 4 |
| perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays and wish him continued | 5 |
| success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Mark Buehrle with our congratulations.
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