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Congratulates the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005 World Series Championship.
Commends the fans, players, and management of the Houston Astros for allowing the White Sox to celebrate their World Series title at Minute Maid Park, the home field of the Astros.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 291 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 291
To congratulate the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005 World Series
Championship.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 27, 2005
Mr. Obama (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
To congratulate the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005 World Series
Championship.
Whereas, on October 26, 2005, the Chicago White Sox baseball club won the 2005
World Series;
Whereas this is the first championship for the White Sox since 1917, when
Woodrow Wilson was president and the United States was fighting in World
War I;
Whereas this is the first World Series appearance for the White Sox since 1959;
Whereas the White Sox posted a regular season record of 99-63 and dominated
their opponents during the playoffs, compiling 11 wins and only 1 loss,
and finishing with an 8-game win streak that included a sweep in the
Fall Classic;
Whereas the White Sox joined the 1990 Cincinnati Reds and the legendary 1927 New
York Yankees as the only teams who have swept a World Series after
playing every game of the regular season while in first place;
Whereas the White Sox pitching staff tied a Major League playoff record of 4
straight complete game wins and did not allow a single run in the last
15 innings of the World Series;
Whereas Manager Ozzie Guillen, General Manager Kenny Williams, and owners Jerry
Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn have put together and led a great
organization;
Whereas all 25 players on the playoff squad, whose sole goal was winning the
World Series rather than chasing individual glory, contributed to the
victory, including World Series Most Valuable Player, Jermaine Dye, as
well as Scott Podsednik, Tadahito Iguchi, Joe Crede, Aaron Rowand, Paul
Konerko, Juan Uribe, A.J. Pierzynski, Carl Everett, Freddy Garcia, Geoff
Blum, Willie Harris, Timo Perez, Chris Widger, Pablo Ozuna, Mark
Buehrle, Jose Contreras, Neal Cotts, Jon Garland, Dustin Hermanson,
Orlando Hernandez, Bobby Jenks, Damaso Marte, Cliff Politte, and Luis
Vizcaino;
Whereas other players, such as Frank Thomas and Brandon McCarthy, made important
contributions to get the White Sox to the playoffs, but were unable to
be placed on the playoff roster;
Whereas this current group of White Sox players follows in the giant footsteps
of the great players in White Sox history who have had their numbers
retired, players such as Nellie Fox (#2), Harold Baines (#3), Luke
Appling (#4), Minnie Minoso (#9), Luis Aparicio (#11), Ted Lyons (#16),
Billy Pierce (#19), and Carlton Fisk (#72);
Whereas the city of Chicago and White Sox fans have faithfully stuck by their
team during the decades it spent in baseball's wilderness;
Whereas a new generation of young fans in Chicago and around Illinois are
discovering the joy of world championship baseball; and
Whereas the Boston Red Sox, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Houston
Astros proved worthy and honorable adversaries and also deserve
recognition, and: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Senate--
(1) congratulates the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005
World Series Championship;
(2) commends the fans, players, and management of the
Houston Astros for allowing the Chicago White Sox and their
many supporters to celebrate their first World Series title in
88 years at Minute Maid Park, the home field of the Houston
Astros; and
(3) respectfully directs the Enrolling Clerk of the Senate
to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
(A) the 2005 Chicago White Sox baseball club; and
(B) White Sox owners, Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie
Einhorn.
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Introduced in Senate
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12028-12030; text as passed Senate: CR S12029-12030; text of measure as introduced: CR S12017)
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12028-12030; text as passed Senate: CR S12029-12030; text of measure as introduced: CR S12017)
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