Full Text of HR0658 94th General Assembly
HR0658 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On October 16th, 2005, the Chicago White Sox | 3 |
| clinched the American League Pennant by defeating the Los | 4 |
| Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6-3 in the deciding game of the | 5 |
| American League Championship Series; the Chicago White Sox, | 6 |
| after losing the first game of the series, rebounded with four | 7 |
| consecutive complete-game pitching performances, an | 8 |
| accomplishment that had not previously been achieved in the | 9 |
| history of Major League Baseball's American or National League | 10 |
| Championship Series, and this White Sox pitching staff | 11 |
| dominated by allowing the Angels only eight runs and twenty | 12 |
| hits in thirty-six innings, winning the 2005 ALCS Pennant four | 13 |
| games to one; and
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox have not made the trip to | 15 |
| the World Series of Major League Baseball since 1959, when the | 16 |
| "Go-Go" White Sox played the Los Angeles Dodgers, and, | 17 |
| furthermore, have not won the MLB World Series Championship | 18 |
| since 1917, in which the Chicago White Sox beat the New York | 19 |
| Giants four games to two; and
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| WHEREAS, The City of Chicago and the State of Illinois have | 21 |
| not hosted a Major League Baseball World Series since the White | 22 |
| Sox appearance in 1959; and
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| WHEREAS, The 2005 Chicago White Sox, under second-year | 24 |
| coach and manager Ozzie Guillen, won the regular season | 25 |
| American League Central Division and dominated the American | 26 |
| League with a league best 99 wins and 63 losses, then went on | 27 |
| to defeat the 2004 MLB World Series Champions, the Boston Red | 28 |
| Sox, sweeping the Red Sox three games to none in the American | 29 |
| League Division Series, and then soundly defeating the Los | 30 |
| Angeles Angels of Anaheim to become the first Chicago White Sox | 31 |
| team in 46 years to reach the World Series, and finally, the | 32 |
| 2005 Chicago White Sox can be the first Chicago White Sox team |
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| in 88 years to be Major League Baseball's World Champions; | 2 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 |
| the 2005 Chicago White Sox be recognized and applauded for | 6 |
| their accomplishments during the 2005 season, for their talent | 7 |
| and teamwork displayed on the field, for their excellence and | 8 |
| humility off the field, for the outstanding coaching staff | 9 |
| leading the team, and for the brilliant ownership and | 10 |
| management that crafted and built the 2005 Chicago White Sox; | 11 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, In further recognition of their accomplishments, | 13 |
| it is the honor of the 94th General Assembly of the State of | 14 |
| Illinois to acknowledge the Chicago White Sox fight song "Let's | 15 |
| Go Go-Go White Sox", by Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers | 16 |
| (1959), in tribute to the 2005 Chicago White Sox; the words to | 17 |
| "Let's Go Go-Go White Sox" are as follows:
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| "Let's go, Go-Go White Sox | 19 |
| We're with you all the way | 20 |
| You're always in there fighting and you do your best | 21 |
| We're glad to have you out here in the middle west | 22 |
| We're gonna root root root root White Sox | 23 |
| And cheer you on to victory | 24 |
| When we're in the stands we'll make those rafters ring | 25 |
| All through the season you will hear us sing | 26 |
| Let's go, Go-Go White Sox | 27 |
| Chicago is proud of you | 28 |
| White Sox | 29 |
| White Sox | 30 |
| Go, go White Sox |
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| Root root root for the White Sox | 2 |
| We'll cheer you on to victory | 3 |
| When we're in the stands we'll make those rafters ring | 4 |
| All through the season you will hear us sing | 5 |
| Let's go, Go-Go White Sox | 6 |
| Chicago is proud of you | 7 |
| White Sox | 8 |
| White Sox | 9 |
| Go, go White Sox | 10 |
| Let's go, Go-Go White Sox | 11 |
| Chicago is proud of you"; and be it further | 12 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the Reinsdorf family, Chicago White Sox General | 14 |
| Manager Ken Williams, and the entire Chicago White Sox | 15 |
| organization.
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