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From time to time, baseball and the outside world collide in a way that feels more mythical than real. In the latest episode of “Baseball Bar-B-Cast”, Hosts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman delight for such a moment: when the new new He turned out to be a fan of Chicago White Sox.
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Let's see why this story has become an instant baseball legend.
The first American pope bleed in black and white
A new pope is great news. But it strikes different. As Mintz says, “The whole religious history has led to that. Yes, my dear friends, the Pope is a fan of White Sox. ”
This is the kind of news that, as a podcasters, you can't wait to get behind the microphone. “There is simply not a better feeling,” notes Shusterman, than being gifted “so many incredible things to talk about.”
When the news announced that Pope Leo XIV is from Chicago, speculation broke out: Cubs or White Sox? Initially, reports – And even the own social media of cubs! – Cubs leaning, but then the story pivoted.
The family is expressed: SOX on Cubs
It was only when the Pope's own brother appeared in an interview that the truth appeared. “He has always been a White Sox fan,” said the brother. Despite the split of the family (mother: Cubs; father: cardinals), the pope remained faithful to the southern side.
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Mintz sums up the position: “He is not only, yes, he liked the White Sox, then they advance. He is like, yes, I don't know where everything from Cub. He has always been a fan of White Sox.”
Like the addition of Shusterman, “this man is not only, you know, grew up and thought that Luis Aparicio was cool. This guy … has been in SOX for a long time.”
The ultimate proof? A photo of the 2005 World Series featuring his holiness during a White Sox game, Nokia Phone in hand, rushing into the glory of the first chicago championship in generations.
“Going to a World Series match as a fan is an expensive thing to do,” said Mintz. “… He's someone who had opinions on Mark Buehrle. Now, it's the pope.”
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The bad race pope
Are you okay? Jake and Jordan think so. “White Sox are what you would call a poverty franchise,” said Mintz. “And what is the pope supposed to do if he doesn't take care of the poor?”
They laugh, but there is truth there: a hungry team for hope and leadership now has a bizarre and cosmic link with the first place of the Vatican.
The hosts muse what it could mean for the franchise. “If the White Sox, as well as his advice … can increase,” says Jordan, “maybe a divine influence will help.”
The White Sox themselves quickly embraced the connection. They sent a personalized jersey and hat directly to the Vatican and invited the pontiff to his “cathedral” to the 35th and shields.
Will the pope show his Sox colors?
Do not expect the pope to rock a cap adjusted from the balcony or throw a first throw, at least not according to the previous one. But Pope Francis (fan of San Lorenzo in Argentina) has held many football scarves and jerseys, so we may see Pope Leo XIV do the same.
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Mintz can't resist asking: “If the pope comes out here and is like:” I don't want Robo Umps “, does that make the needle move?
But as Jordan and Jake note, the biggest point is the story: “Some things are greater than baseball,” said White Sox in a press release, “and in this case, we are happy to have a White Sox fan represented in the Vatican.”
This intersection of faith and the fandom is the kind of bit that only baseball can provide. The new Pope is a fan of White Sox – documented and assisted. Cubs fans could growl, but for a hungry franchise for miracles, this moment offers hope, humor and perhaps, perhaps, a prayer for the southern side.
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