[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 140 (Friday, October 28, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H9409-H9410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX ON THEIR WORLD SERIES VICTORY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Biggert) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, after 88 years of anguish and torment, 
baseball

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fans in the Chicagoland area can breathe a sigh of relief. This past 
Wednesday the Chicago White Sox clinched their first World Series 
championship since 1917. Led by their always colorful manager, Ozzie 
Guillen, the team got off to a fantastic start this season. However, in 
true Chicago baseball fashion, they found themselves in a rough stretch 
during the latter part of the season, and many doubted their potential. 
But in the end it was the camaraderie and teamwork throughout the whole 
season that led this team to victory.
  As a lifelong Chicagoan born on the south side and raised on the 
north side, I want to offer my congratulations to the White Sox 
organization and White Sox fans everywhere.
  Mr. Speaker, if the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox can make 
it happen after nearly nine decades, perhaps 2006 will prove to be a 
victorious year for yet another baseball team with a legendary drought, 
the Chicago Cubs. Here's hoping.

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