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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Jeremy Peña achieved historic success in his first |
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season with the Houston Astros by claiming 2022 Most Valuable |
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Player honors in both the American League Championship Series and |
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the World Series; and |
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WHEREAS, A rookie shortstop, Mr. Peña was called up from |
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Houston's reserve player squad and emerged as a dominant force |
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during the 2022 regular season, posting 22 home runs to help the |
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Astros enter the playoffs; he contributed a home run in their |
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division series sweep of Seattle, and he produced two doubles and |
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two home runs in the team's four-game ALCS sweep of the New York |
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Yankees; his MVP performance helped secure Houston's fourth AL |
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pennant in the past six years and a berth in the Fall Classic |
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against the Philadelphia Phillies; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Peña exhibited remarkable confidence on the |
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World Series stage, going 10 for 25 at the plate and displaying |
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superb glove work on defense; his go-ahead solo shot in Houston's |
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game five win was the first World Series homer by a rookie |
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shortstop, and he further showcased his skills in game six, hitting |
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two singles in four trips to the plate; with the contest scoreless |
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after five innings, he delivered a clutch single, setting up a |
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three-run homer that proved to be the decisive play in the Astros' |
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4-1 victory that clinched their second overall crown; and |
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WHEREAS, Racking up hits in all six World Series games, |
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Mr. Peña became the first rookie position player to be named the |
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World Series MVP; furthermore, he is only the third first-year |
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player to receive that honor, and the 2022 Gold Glove winner is just |
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the second Major League Baseball rookie to collect league |
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championship series and World Series MVP awards in the same year; he |
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played baseball for the University of Maine before being selected |
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as Houston's third-round pick in the 2018 MLB Draft, and he joined |
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the Astros after 182 minor league games; and |
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WHEREAS, Jeremy Peña has distinguished himself as one of the |
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top young competitors in Major League Baseball, and his |
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accomplishments have inspired sports fans across the Lone Star |
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State and the nation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Jeremy Peña on being named the 2022 |
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MVP of the American League Championship Series and the World Series |
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and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Peña as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Jones of Dallas |
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Jones of Harris |
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King of Hemphill |
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Thompson of Brazoria |
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Martinez |
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Martinez Fischer |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 31 was adopted by the House on January |
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18, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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