Full Text of HR0109 95th General Assembly
HR0109 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS,
Ronald Edward Santo was born on February 25, 1940 | 3 |
| in Seattle, Washington; he
and his wife Vicki have four | 4 |
| children, Ron Jr., Jeff, Linda, and Kelly, as well
as two | 5 |
| grandsons, Samuel and Spencer; and
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| WHEREAS, At the age of 18, and just prior to signing with | 7 |
| the Chicago Cubs,
Ron Santo was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes; | 8 |
| nevertheless, he became one of
the best third basemen in all of | 9 |
| Major League Baseball, playing for the Chicago
Cubs from 1960 | 10 |
| through 1973 and for the Chicago White Sox in 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, During his career, Ron Santo won five consecutive | 12 |
| Rawlings Gold Glove awards,
was a nine-time National League | 13 |
| All-Star selection, batted .277 during his
career with 342 home | 14 |
| runs and 1,331 RBI; he also led the National League in
walks | 15 |
| four times and in triples once; he hit 337 home runs with the | 16 |
| Cubs, the
fourth highest total in Cubs history, and ranks among | 17 |
| the Cubs' all time top 10
in games played, at-bats, runs | 18 |
| scored, hits, total bases, doubles, RBI, extra-base hits, bases | 19 |
| on balls, slugging percentage, and batting average; and
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| WHEREAS, Ron Santo was the first third baseman to hit over | 21 |
| 300 home runs and win five Gold Gloves; and |
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| WHEREAS, After retiring from baseball, Ron Santo was a | 2 |
| member of the
inaugural Cubs Walk of Fame Class of 1992 and was | 3 |
| selected to the Cubs'
All-Century team in 1999; Ron Santo has | 4 |
| also been inducted into the Seattle
Hall of Fame, the Italian | 5 |
| Hall of Fame, and the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame; in
addition, | 6 |
| Ron Santo has been a WGN Radio color commentator for the Cubs | 7 |
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1990, completing his 17th season in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Ron Santo's extraordinary accomplishments extend | 9 |
| far beyond
baseball; in addition to his duties as a Chicago | 10 |
| Cubs commentator, Ron Santo
has been involved with the Juvenile | 11 |
| Diabetes Research Foundation since 1974,
and is currently a | 12 |
| member of the Foundation's Board of Directors; he has
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| personally known the hardships that diabetes can have on an | 14 |
| individual, having
both of his legs amputated due to | 15 |
| complications with diabetes; through Ron
Santo's involvement | 16 |
| with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, together
they | 17 |
| have raised over $63 million for diabetes research; he was also
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| instrumental in helping the Juvenile Diabetes Research | 19 |
| Foundation form a
partnership with charitable organizations | 20 |
| Cubs Care and WGN Radio 720 Neediest
Kids Fund in order to | 21 |
| raise more money for those organizations, as well as more
money | 22 |
| for the Foundation for additional diabetes research; in 2002, | 23 |
| he was the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Person of | 24 |
| the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, In recognition of his greatness and | 2 |
| accomplishments, both on and off
the field, on September 28, | 3 |
| 2003, the Chicago Cubs organization retired Ron
Santo's number, | 4 |
| #10, in honor of all that Ron Santo has achieved in his life;
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| Ron Santo became only the third player in Cubs history to have | 6 |
| his number
retired by the Chicago Cubs, joining Hall of Fame | 7 |
| inductees Ernie Banks (#14) and Billy Williams
(#26); | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| because of all Ron Santo has accomplished throughout his life, | 12 |
| and because Ron Santo is eligible for election by the Veterans | 13 |
| Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame, we, along with the | 14 |
| entire State of Illinois, strongly urge the Veterans Committee | 15 |
| to elect Ron Santo to the Baseball Hall of Fame; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the
Veterans Committee of the Baseball Hall of | 19 |
| Fame; and that a suitable copy of
this resolution be presented | 20 |
| to Mr. Santo as an expression of our sincere
respect and | 21 |
| esteem.
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