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The state commonly known as Rhode Island has a longer official name: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Now the governor wants to change it.
A Brown University student who pitched the first perfect game in Major League history had partied 'til 4:30 in the morning the night before and didn't get to bed until 6:30 a.m. the day of the game.
Lee Richmond, who moonlighted for the professional baseball team in Worcester at the time, then boarded an 11:30 a.m. train in Providence for Worcester, where he pitched nine innings without letting a single batter get to first base, according to columnist Albert B. Southwick of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.