[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 169 (Saturday, December 18, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10693-S10694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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    SENATE RESOLUTION 703--RECOGNIZING AND HONORING BOB FELLER AND 
  EXPRESSING THE CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE TO HIS FAMILY ON HIS DEATH

  Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
Voinovich, and Mr. Bunning) submitted the following resolution; which 
was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 703

       Whereas Robert William Andrew (``Bob'') Feller was born on 
     November 3, 1918, near Van Meter, Iowa;
       Whereas Bob Feller learned to play baseball on his parents' 
     farm in Dallas County, Iowa, and commented that ``What kid 
     wouldn't enjoy the life I led in Iowa? Baseball and farming, 
     and I had the best of both worlds'';
       Whereas Feller attended Van Meter High School where he 
     pitched for the baseball team;
       Whereas Feller, at the age of 17, joined the Cleveland 
     Indians, where he played for 18 years, his entire career;
       Whereas Feller led the American League in wins 6 times;
       Whereas Feller led the American League in strikeouts 7 
     times;
       Whereas Feller pitched 3 no-hitters, including the only 
     Opening Day no-hitter, and shares the major league record 
     with 12 one-hitters;
       Whereas Feller was an 8-time All-Star;
       Whereas Feller was a key member of the 1948 World Series 
     Champion Cleveland Indians;
       Whereas Feller threw the second fastest pitch ever 
     officially recorded, at 107.6 miles per hour;

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       Whereas Feller ended his career with 266 victories and 
     2,581 strikeouts;
       Whereas Feller remains the winningest pitcher in Cleveland 
     Indians history;
       Whereas Feller was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 
     1962, his first year of eligibility;
       Whereas Feller enlisted in the Navy 2 days after the attack 
     on Pearl Harbor in 1941;
       Whereas Feller served with valor in the Navy for nearly 4 
     years, missing almost 4 full baseball seasons;
       Whereas Feller was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Alabama as a 
     gunnery specialist;
       Whereas Feller earned 8 battle stars and was discharged in 
     late 1945; and
       Whereas Bob Feller, one of the greatest baseball players of 
     all time, placed service to his country ahead of all else: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) honors Bob Feller for transcending the sport of 
     baseball in service to the United States and the cause of 
     democracy and freedom in World War II;
       (2) recognizes Bob Feller as one of the greatest baseball 
     players of all time; and
       (3) extends its deepest condolences to the family of Bob 
     Feller.

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