WHEREAS, Vancouver's Chris Larsen triumphed over all competitors in the "2010 Long Haul Bombers Stadium Power Tour"; and
     WHEREAS, This 2010 Stadium Power Tour was a hard-fought, season-long home run derby that culminated last September with Larsen capturing the tournament's fantastic finals showdown at New York City's Citi Field, home of Major League Baseball's New York Mets; and
     WHEREAS, Larsen in his rookie year on the Stadium Power Tour topped an extraordinarily competitive field of homer-smashers assembled from small villages, medium towns, and big cities all over the nation; and
     WHEREAS, The Team DeMarini slugger was also named an Amateur Softball Association of America First-Team All-American and a United States Specialty Sports Association Major All-World Selection; and
     WHEREAS, The newly crowned Long Haul Bombers Stadium Power Tour titleholder also played on Team USA this past year; and
     WHEREAS, Larsen clobbered dingers at a clip grand enough to grab hold of the prestigious, season-long tater tour's crown, and then he entered the Big Apple finale with five other four-bag blasters for the exciting face-off that meant nothing less than going home with all the Long Haul Bomber marbles; and
     WHEREAS, Larsen and Team DeMarini teammate Geno Buck seized the treasured Manufacturer's Cup, which is the highly revered prize for most combined team points in the rigorous competition; and
     WHEREAS, This past season's Stadium Power Tour launched last May in Florida and touched down in big-league stadiums in New England, the South, the Rocky Mountains, the Midwest, Washington, D.C., a Canadian province, and Seattle before finally winding up at Citi Field for the championship;
     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives joins the rest of the Evergreen State in saluting and celebrating Vancouver's Chris Larsen, the 2010 Long Haul Bombers Stadium Power Tour Champion; and
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted to Chris Larsen, to the Long Haul Bombers Stadium Power Tour, and to DeMarini Sports.