Full Text of HR0703 094th General Assembly
HR0703 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Chicago White Sox are the 2005 World Series | 3 |
| Champions; and
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| WHEREAS, The White Sox last won the World Series in 1917; | 5 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The 2005 White Sox are a team that have surpassed | 7 |
| all expectations; they have won games because of their talent, | 8 |
| unity, and spirit, which is embodied by their Manager, Ozzie | 9 |
| Guillen; and
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| WHEREAS, Oswaldo "Ozzie" Jose Guillen Barrios was born on | 11 |
| Monday, January 20, 1964 in Oculare Del Tuy, Estado Miranda, | 12 |
| Venezuela; he was signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur | 13 |
| free agent on December 17, 1980; on December 6, 1984, he was | 14 |
| traded by the San Diego Padres with Tim Lollar, Bill Long, and | 15 |
| Luis Salazar to the Chicago White Sox for the Cy Young Award | 16 |
| winner La Marr Hoyt, Kevin Kristan (minors), and Todd Simmons | 17 |
| (minors); and
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| WHEREAS, Ozzie Guillen made his Major League debut on April | 19 |
| 9, 1985, succeeding two other White Sox Venezuelan greats: | 20 |
| shortstops Chico Carrasquel and Hall-of-Famer Luis Aparicio; | 21 |
| he was the 1985 American League Rookie of the Year and a member | 22 |
| of the 1985 Topps All-Star Rookie Team; he was also a 3-time | 23 |
| American League All-Star (1988, 1990, 1991) and a 1990 American | 24 |
| League Gold Glove winner; and
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| WHEREAS, On October 1, 2000, Ozzie Guillen played his final | 26 |
| game, ending a 16-year career with the Tampa Devil Rays; Mr. | 27 |
| Guillen continued on in the game as a coach; he was the 3rd | 28 |
| base coach for the 2003 World Series Champion Florida Marlins; | 29 |
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| WHEREAS, In 2004, he returned to the White Sox as the | 2 |
| manager, leading the team to an 83-79 record; in 2005, he led | 3 |
| the White Sox to the World Series, with a 99-63 regular season | 4 |
| record, becoming the first Latino manager to take a team to the | 5 |
| World Series; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we congratulate every member of the Chicago White Sox | 9 |
| organization and Manager Ozzie Guillen for a well-earned World | 10 |
| Series victory; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the Chicago White Sox organization and to Manager | 13 |
| Ozzie Guillen.
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