HR0705 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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