Paul Connelco, a celebrated player from the White Sox, received a special gift commemorating the 20th anniversary of the team’s 2005 World Series Championship. At a pre-game event with the Cleveland Guardians, Chicago’s archbishop, Cardinal Brans Capicch, added his new clergy signature to Connelco’s jersey, featuring “Pope Leo” above his name and number 14. In a historic moment on May 8th, Robert Prevost became the first American pope in the Catholic Church. Prevost attended the 2005 World Series opener against Houston, watching the White Sox secure a 5-3 win, marking their first four-game sweep since 1917. Earlier in May, the team honored Pope Leo with a graphic installation near their seats, depicting him alongside images from his TV broadcast with close friends. The 2005 team members are gathering in Chicago for the anniversary celebrations, which include a new uniform patch to honor the late Bobby Jenks and a statue unveiling for former star Mark Buhl. <\/p>\n
Fan Take: This celebration not only honors the White Sox’s legendary 2005 victory but also intertwines baseball with unique cultural moments, highlighting its broad impact beyond the sport. For fans, it\u2019s a reminder of how baseball connects communities and celebrates icons both on and off the field, enriching the sport\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paul Connelco, a celebrated player from the White Sox, received a special gift commemorating the 20th anniversary of the team’s 2005 World Series Championship. At a pre-game event with the Cleveland Guardians, Chicago’s archbishop, Cardinal Brans Capicch, added his new clergy signature to Connelco’s jersey, featuring “Pope Leo” above his name and number 14. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-13181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}