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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire hit his
3 sixty-second home run of the year on September 8, 1998; and
4 WHEREAS, This feat eclipsed the previous single season
5 home run record of sixty-one set by New York Yankee Roger
6 Maris; and
7 WHEREAS, The Maris record had stood since 1961, leading
8 some to believe it would never be broken; and
9 WHEREAS, Mark McGwire nearly reached the record in the
10 1997 season when he hit fifty-eight home runs while with both
11 the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals; and
12 WHEREAS, Mark McGwire and other sluggers, such as Chicago
13 Cub Sammy Sosa and Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr., have
14 engaged in a highly entertaining season long chase of the
15 home run record; and
16 WHEREAS, This event has served to restore fan enthusiasm
17 in professional baseball; and
18 WHEREAS, Mark McGwire has withstood considerable pressure
19 and scrutiny throughout this year with admirable grace and
20 humility; and
21 WHEREAS, Now that the record has been broken, some feel
22 Mark McGwire may hit as many as seventy home runs before the
23 end of the season; therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
26 congratulate Mark McGwire on his setting the single season
27 home run record; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to Mark McGwire and the St. Louis Cardinal baseball
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