City of Philadelphia - File #: 100665

• File #: 100665
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/7/2010
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Title: Declaring October 6th to the 13th, 2010 as "Beat the Reds Week."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Blackwell, Council President Verna, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Tasco

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/7/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced, Read and Adopted	Pass

Title

Declaring October 6^th to the 13^th, 2010 as “Beat the Reds Week.”

Body

WHEREAS, The Phillies are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports; and

WHEREAS, The Phillies have had an excellent season, winning the National League East Division Championship for the fourth time in a row; and

WHEREAS, The Phillies have won two World Series championships and seven National League pennants; and

WHEREAS, The Reds have not scored in 20 innings nor won in the last six games at Citizens Bank Park since 2009; and

WHEREAS, No team's rotation is better set for the postseason than the Phillies which has Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels, each having a history of success against Cincinnati; and

WHEREAS, The Phillies have more experience than the Reds, and the City of Philadelphia has Phillies-fever and is cheering the Phillies all the way during their playoff run; and  

WHEREAS, It is imperative that the Phillies continue their winning streak over the Reds; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That it hereby declares October 6^th to the 13^th, 2010 as “Beat the Reds Week.”

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