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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, On October 26th, 2005, the Chicago White Sox won 
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the 101st World Series of Major League Baseball in record 
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breaking fashion by defeating the Houston Astros by a score of 
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1-0; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in the 
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second game of the World Series with a walk off home-run from 
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All-Star Scott Podsednik, who became the first player in major 
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league baseball history to hit a World Series walk-off home run 
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in a year that he hit zero regular season home runs; history 
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was again recorded as the third game of the series lasted 14 
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innings, constituting the longest game by time and innings in 
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World Series history, and ended after 5 hours and 41 minutes 
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with a game-winning home run by Geoff Blum on his first ever 
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World Series plate appearance, and the Chicago White Sox went 
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on to sweep the Houston Astros in the 2005 World Series four 
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games to none; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The White Sox tied the 1999 Yankees for the all 
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time greatest postseason record since the introduction of the 3 
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round playoff system by winning 11 games and losing 1; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jermaine Dye was named the 40th World Series Most 
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Valuable Player for hitting .438 in the series and hitting the 
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game winning RBI in a decisive game four; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mark Buehrle became only the 2nd pitcher in World 
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Series history to both win a game and pitch for a save in the 
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same World Series; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The 2005 Chicago White Sox, under second-year 
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coach and manager Ozzie Guillen, demonstrated the essence of 
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teamwork by winning 110 games and losing 64 in 2005, and the 
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Chicago White Sox have won sixteen of the last seventeen games; 
 


 






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and
 
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    WHEREAS, With 99 wins in the regular season the Chicago 
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White Sox became the regular season American League Central 
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Division champions and entered the post-season by defeating the 
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2004 MLB World Series Champions, the Boston Red Sox, sweeping 
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the Red Sox three games to none in the American League Division 
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Series, and then soundly defeated the Los Angeles Angels of 
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Anaheim four games to one to become the first Chicago White Sox 
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team in 46 years to reach the World Series, and finally, the 
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2005 Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros with four 
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straight wins to become the first Chicago White Sox team in 88 
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years and to become Major League Baseball's World Champions; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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the 2005 Chicago White Sox be honored and applauded for their 
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accomplishments during the 2005 season, for their talent and 
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teamwork displayed on the field, for their excellence and 
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humility off the field, for the outstanding coaching staff 
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leading the team, and for the brilliant ownership and 
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management that crafted and built the 2005 Chicago White Sox; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
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presented to each member of the Chicago White Sox executive 
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board, to each member of management in the Chicago White Sox 
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organization, and to every player on the 2005 Chicago White Sox 
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team.