[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 273 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 273

Recognizing the historic home run record set by Mark McGwire of the St. 
                 Louis Cardinals on September 8, 1998.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 1998

   Mr. Bond (for himself, Mr. Ashcroft, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Conrad, Ms. 
   Collins, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kerrey, and Mr. Daschle) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing the historic home run record set by Mark McGwire of the St. 
                 Louis Cardinals on September 8, 1998.

Whereas, since becoming a St. Louis Cardinal in 1997, Mark McGwire has helped to 
        bring the national pastime of baseball back to its original glory;
Whereas Mark McGwire has shown leadership, family values, dedication, and a love 
        of baseball as a team sport;
Whereas in April Mark McGwire began the season with a home run in each of his 
        first four games which tied Willie Mays' 1971 National League record;
Whereas in May Mark McGwire hit a 545-foot home run, the longest in Busch 
        Stadium history;
Whereas in June Mark McGwire tied Reggie Jackson's record of thirty-seven home 
        runs before the All Star break;
Whereas in August Mark McGwire became the only player in the history of baseball 
        to hit fifty home runs in three consecutive seasons;
Whereas on September 5 Mark McGwire became the third player ever to hit sixty 
        home runs in a season; and
Whereas on September 8, 1998, Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris' thirty-seven year 
        old home run record of sixty-one by hitting number sixty-two off Steve 
        Trachsel while playing the Chicago Cubs; Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and congratulates St. Louis 
Cardinal Mark McGwire for setting baseball's revered home run record, 
with sixty-two, in his 144th game of the season.
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