White Sox to mark Pope Leo XIV's seat at 2005 World Series game
The White Sox will commemorate Pope Leo XIV attending one of the 2005 World Series games with a graphic installation in the section where he sat.
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The White Sox will commemorate Pope Leo XIV attending one of the 2005 World Series games with a graphic installation in the section where he sat.
The installation features a smiling mural of the pope, and a frame grab from the TV broadcast in which he appeared in the stands.
The NL Central-leading Cubs improved to 75-74 in the series and handed a fourth straight defeat to the White Sox, who are last in the AL Central.
The all-time series between the crosstown rivals is tied at 74 wins apiece.
"This celebration is an extraordinary opportunity for people from the city and beyond to come together in shared pride for one of our own," the Archdiocese said in a statement on Saturday.
The Cubs earned their sixth consecutive win against the White Sox, matching a franchise record for the series.
The Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox will face off Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field in the first game of the Crosstown Classic this weekend.
Bryse Wilson (0-2) went 5 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits, including the three homers. He walked one and struck out three.
Last year, the White Sox's non-profit organization, Chicago White Sox Charities, launched a new initiative to support local groups doing good in the community. Organizations were able to apply for one time grants now the winners have been revealed.
Fans can buy everything from clubhouse apparel to autographed baseballs on Friday and Saturday.
Lenyn Sosa and Michael A. Taylor homered as the Sox improved to 14-29 with its fourth victory in five games overall.
Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz hit a 435-foot solo homer, his seventh, to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.
Jackson and seven other members of the 1919 White Sox were permanently banned from baseball, accused of taking bribes from gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.
In 1981, WBBM-TV, CBS Channel 2 Chicago documentary producer Scott Craig produced this award-winning dramatic reenactment of the 1921 trial of White Sox baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. Jackson was implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which the White Sox were accused of taking bribes from gambling concerns to intentionally lose the World Series.
Faust was back at the organ console Sunday for the first time since she retired 15 years ago.
The White Sox rebounded from getting swept in four games at Kansas City to win their third series of the season.
Andrew Vaughn, who entered batting .188, hit his second home run in two games, but the White Sox have lost five of six.
The White Sox were coming off an embarrassing four-game sweep at Kansas City, when they scored a total of four runs.
Lemon and his family traveled to Detroit last year to attend a 1984 team reunion at Comerica Park.
"He's Sox, and then the radio announced Cubs, and that's not true," the pope's older brother, John Prevost, told CBS News Chicago.
Bobby Witt Jr. had four hits, Kris Bubic pitched seven innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 10-0 to complete a four-game series sweep.
The Royals, who won for the 14th time in their last 16 games, lead the majors with 18 quality starts.
The Royals' Bobby Witt singled with the bases loaded to cap a crazy rally in the bottom of the ninth.
Faust will be returning for a series of nostalgic performances on six Coca-Cola Family Sundays.
Nancy Faust retired from the Chicago White Sox to much fanfare in 2010, after over four decades behind the organ console. CBS News Chicago visited ahead of Faust's return for six Sunday games this season. Dana Kozlov reports.
