Full Text of HR0130 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Cubs compiled a record of 103 wins and | 9 | | 58 losses during the 2016 season; and
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to members of the Chicago Cubs organization.
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