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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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