[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S10121]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 273--RECOGNIZING THE HISTORIC HOME RUN RECORD SET BY 
      MARK McGWIRE OF THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1998

  Mr. BOND (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Conrad, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Bennett, Mr. Lieberman, and Mrs. Snowe) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 273

       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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