With Pope Leo XIV on their aspect, the Chicago White Sox invoked their most distinguished fan Tuesday night time by way of a pope hat giveaway for a house sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Reds.
The giveaway energized the house followers and have become part of the workforce’s house run celbrations. Sadly for the White Sox, they may not muster a win to honor Pope Leo in a 5-4 loss in 10 innings.
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The pope hats have been laborious to overlook from second the doorways at Fee Subject opened to the general public. Followers poured into the concourse proudly sporting the roughly 40,000 pope hats that got away to the sellout crowd.
Some followers dressed for the event as they posed for footage on the concourse.
When it was time for the primary pitch, the Sox caught with the theme.
Notable White Sox fan Sister Mary Joe Sobieck of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield took the mound with some flash and threw a breaking ball over the plate to get the festivities underway.
It wasn’t her first rodeo. Sister Mary Jo made headlines in 2019 with one other robust first pitch for the White Sox.
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As soon as the sport was underway, the pope hats made their option to the White Sox dugout and have been a featured prop in Brenton Doyle’s first-inning house run that gave the White Sox a 1-0 lead.
Organist Nancy Faust, in the meantime, rocked pope gear from behind the keys.
Alas, the nice occasions did not translate to a win on the finish for the house workforce. The Reds rallied from a 4-0 fourth inning deficit to pressure further innings, and an Elly De La Cruz sacrifice fly within the prime of the tenth was sufficient to safe a Cincinnati win.
