Full Text of SR0509 94th General Assembly
SR0509 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox, owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, | 3 |
| won the 2005 Major League Baseball World Series Championship on | 4 |
| October 27, 2005 with a 1-0 victory over the Houston Astros in | 5 |
| game four, sweeping the series; and
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| WHEREAS, The World Series MVP, Jermaine Dye, singled home | 7 |
| the only run of game four, while pitcher, Freddy Garcia, and | 8 |
| relievers, Cliff Politte, Neal Cotts, and rookie closer, Bobby | 9 |
| Jenks, combined on a five-hit shutout and shortstop, Juan | 10 |
| Uribe, made two remarkable fielding plays to end the game, | 11 |
| capturing the 2005 World Series trophy; and
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| WHEREAS, During the playoffs, the Chicago White Sox went on | 13 |
| one of the most dominant playoff runs in baseball history; the | 14 |
| White Sox went 11-1 in the postseason, beating the Boston Red | 15 |
| Sox, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Houston Astros, | 16 |
| as their starting pitchers gave them at least seven innings in | 17 |
| eleven of the twelve games; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox, led by manager, Ozzie | 19 |
| Guillen, amassed an American League best ninety-nine wins | 20 |
| during the regular season with strong pitching, flawless | 21 |
| defense, and clubhouse togetherness; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox reside on the South Side of | 23 |
| Chicago and play at US Cellular Field, once known as the new | 24 |
| Comiskey Park, which is located directly across the street from | 25 |
| old Comiskey Park where the White Sox played from 1910 until | 26 |
| 1990; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox have earned the title of | 28 |
| World Champions for the first time since 1917 when the team | 29 |
| defeated the New York Giants four games to two; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox had not made the trip to the | 2 |
| World Series since 1959, when the Sox played the Los Angeles | 3 |
| Dodgers in the last year that the city of Chicago and the State | 4 |
| of Illinois hosted a Major League Baseball World Series; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox, during the regular season | 6 |
| and playoff run, brought much excitement and great joy to not | 7 |
| just Chicago, but to all of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize and | 10 |
| applaud the 2005 Chicago White Sox for their accomplishments | 11 |
| during the 2005 season, the talent and teamwork they displayed | 12 |
| on the field, their excellence and humility off the field, the | 13 |
| outstanding coaching staff leading the team, and the brilliant | 14 |
| ownership and management that crafted and built the 2005 World | 15 |
| Series Champion Chicago White Sox; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we acknowledge and thank Owner and Chairman | 17 |
| Jerry Reinsdorf, General Manager Ken Williams, Manager Ozzie | 18 |
| Guillen, the Chicago White Sox players: Mark Buehrle, Freddy | 19 |
| Garcia, Jose Contreras, Jon Garland, Orlando Hernandez, Neal | 20 |
| Cotts, Cliff Politte, Dustin Hermanson, Damaso Marte, Luis | 21 |
| Vizcaino, Bobby Jenks, A.J. Pierzynski, Chris Widger, Geoff | 22 |
| Blum, Joe Crede, Willie Harris, Tadahito Iguchi, Paul Konerko, | 23 |
| Frank Thomas, Pablo Ozuna, Juan Uribe, Jermaine Dye, Timo | 24 |
| Perez, Scott Podsednik, Aaron Rowand, and all of the other | 25 |
| players, coaches, and staff for their hard work this season and | 26 |
| for bringing the World Series title back to Chicago; and be it | 27 |
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| RESOLVED, That we declare November 2, 2005 as Chicago White | 29 |
| Sox Day in the Illinois Senate; and be it further | 30 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 31 |
| presented to the Reinsdorf family, Chicago White Sox General |
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| Manager Ken Williams, Manager Ozzie Guillen, and the entire | 2 |
| Chicago White Sox organization.
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