When in Rome …
That’s where former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski is, and while he’s there, he presented Chicago native and avowed Sox fan Pope Leo XIV with the last-out ball from Game 1 of the 2005 World Series, in which the Sox swept the Astros.
Pierzynski, now a co-host of the daily baseball show “Foul Territory” and a Fox Sports analyst, caught the last out of the game on a strikeout by Bobby Jenks.
“7 year old me, at my First Communion, would have never thought that I would get to meet The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV,” Pierzynski wrote on Instagram. “I was honored to give him the last out ball from Game 1 of the 2005 World Series, the game he attended.”
Pope Leo was known as Robert Prevost or Father Bob when he went to the World Series opener 21 years ago, a 5-3 White Sox victory.
Contributing: Associated Press
The resurgent Sox have been aggressive on the basepaths, and those players who succeed are rewarded with points from Leger, who tracks their progress on a chart displayed in the clubhouse.
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Braden Montgomery and Randal Grichuk provide heroics, but Sox can’t complete sweep of Guardians
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“It’s been an emotional 10 hours,” she said before Wednesday’s game against the Guardians. “I got home last night and I still felt like my head was kind of spinning. I’m like, ‘Wait, what just happened?’”
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Chris Murphy is set to be the opener for the Sox ahead of Erick Fedde. Tanner Bibee is slated to start for the Guardians.
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