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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, I S TA
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5 WHEREAS, Jack Morris is a native of St. Paul and grew up playing baseball on the
6 playgrounds in Highland Park; and
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8 WHEREAS, Highland Park is a neighborhood in the City of St. Paul, not a suburb of St.
9 Paul and not a community near downtown Minneapolis as described by CBS Sports; and
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11 WHEREAS, Jack Morris played baseball in St. Paul Parks and Recreation leagues and at
12 Highland Park High School; and
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14 WHEREAS, Jack Morris returned to Minnesota this season to win more games for the
15 Minnesota Twins than any other pitcher on the staff (22).
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17 WHEREAS, Jack Moms is only the second pitcher on record to throw more than nine
18 innings in a World Series deciding game and win.
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20 WHEREAS, Jack Morris for pitching one of the finest games in World Series history was
21 awarded Most Valuable Player honors; and
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23 WHEREAS, Jack Morris is now a St. Paul institution having been refened to as a masterful
24 pitcher, a work horse and is now therefore a part of St. Paul's varied and colorful history;
25 now, therefore, be it
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2 RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Council of the City of Saint Paul declare Tuesday, October
3 28, 1991 Jack Morris Day in honor of lus determination and that something extra in a
4 gargantuan competitive spirit in leading the Minnesota Twins to the 1991 World Series
5 victory; and be it finally
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7 RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be sent to CBS Sports as a "Sports Update"
8 setting the record straight that World Series MVP Jack Morris is from Highland Park, a
9 wonderful St. Paul neighborhood, not a suburb of St. Paul and not a community near
10 downtown Minneapolis.
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Adopted by Council: Date
OCT 2 g 1991 For►1, Approved by City Attorney
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