Full Text of HR0712 94th General Assembly
HR0712 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Ozzie Guillen and the Chicago White Sox | 3 |
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