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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On October 26th, 2005, the Chicago White Sox
3 became the 101st World Champions of Major League Baseball under
4 the tutelage of second year coach and manager, Oswaldo "Ozzie"
5 Guillen; with the assistance of General Manger, Kenny Williams,
6 and Chicago White Sox Owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, Ozzie assembled
7 the best team in Major League Baseball; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Ozzie Guillen was named the thirty-seventh
9 manager in White Sox history on November 3rd, 2003; he became
10 the first native of Venezuela to manage a major-league team and
11 is one of seven minority managers in the major leagues, along
12 with San Francisco's Felipe Alou, the Cub's Dusty Baker,
13 Pittsburgh's Lloyd McClendon, Kansas City's Tony Pena, the
14 Mets' Willie Randolf, and Washington's Frank Robinson; he is
15 one of only three Latin managers in Major League Baseball and
16 is the first Venezuelan manager to ever win the World Series of
17 Major League Baseball; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Manager Ozzie Guillen has demonstrated allegiance
19 to the city of Chicago and the State of Illinois by becoming a
20 coach of the Chicago White Sox, a tenure lasting over 18 years
21 in the city of Chicago; Ozzie is one of six managers running
22 their former team; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Ozzie Guillen played for the Chicago White Sox for
24 sixteen years, from 1985 to 1997; during that time, he played
25 in three All-Star games; he ranks as the best all-time White
26 Sox shortstop with a .976 fielding percentage; he was awarded
27 the 1985 Rookie of the Year Award and received the Gold Glove
28 Award in 1990; and
 
29     WHEREAS, For the last six years, Ozzie Guillen has headed
30 the Ozzie Guillen Foundation, a foundation that has helped
31 children suffering from AIDS and cancer and children from

 

 

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1 underprivileged families; he was honored by the city of Chicago
2 with "Ozzie Guillen Week" for his efforts in embracing
3 Chicago's Latin American community; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Ozzie Guillen is one of only six Chicago White Sox
5 manager's to win the American League Pennant, and is one of
6 only three White Sox manager's to win the Central Division
7 Title; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The 2005 Chicago White Sox, led by coach and
9 manager, Ozzie Guillen, won the American League Central
10 Division with 99 wins and 63 losses and entered the post-season
11 by defeating the 2004 MLB World Series Champions, the Boston
12 Red Sox, sweeping the Red Sox three games to none in the
13 American League Division Series; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox soundly defeated the Los
15 Angeles Angels of Anaheim four games to one to become the first
16 Chicago White Sox team in forty-six years to reach the World
17 Series; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The 2005 Chicago White Sox are the first Chicago
19 White Sox team in eighty-eight years to become Major League
20 Baseball's World Champions; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Ozzie Guillen is the third manager in White Sox
22 franchise history to win the World Series of Major League
23 Baseball by sweeping the Houston Astros; therefore, be it
 
24     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 we recognize and applaud Oswaldo "Ozzie" Guillen for his
27 accomplishments, enthusiasm, and vision during the 2005
28 season, for his dedication and community service to the city of
29 Chicago and the State of Illinois, and for his outstanding
30 leadership throughout the 2005 season; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
2 presented to Ozzie Guillen and the Chicago White Sox
3 organization.