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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 291 

To congratulate the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005 World Series 

Championship. 

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 

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; 
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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 
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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 

1 Resolved, that the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Chicago White Sox on 

3 winning the 2005 World Series Championship; 

4 (2) commends the fans, players, and manage5 ment of the Houston Astros for allowing the Chicago 

6 White Sox and their many supporters to celebrate 

7 their first World Series title in 88 years at Minute 

8 Maid Park, the home field of the Houston Astros; 

9 and 

10 (3) respectfully directs the Enrolling Clerk of 

11 the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this reso12 lution to— 

13 (A) the 2005 Chicago White Sox baseball 

14 club; and 
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1 (B) White Sox owners, Jerry Reinsdorf 

2 and Eddie Einhorn. 

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