Former White Sox Pitcher Has Hilarious Reaction After Finding Out Pope Leo Xiv's Fandom

Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Erick Fedde had a hilarious guidance erstwhile he recovered caller pope Robert Prevost's favourite shot team.

Fedde, 32, is now a personnel of nan St. Louis Cardinals and was asked astir Pope Leo XIV's White Sox fandom Friday. 

"Well, possibly he had to believe a fewer times watching us," Fedde said via nan New York Post. 

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of nan United States, appears connected nan pavilion of St. Peter's Basilica astatine nan Vatican May 8, 2025. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

Fedde was portion of nan White Sox squad that went a putrid 41-121 past season, mounting nan grounds for astir losses by a squad successful modern MLB history. 

A video surfaced online Friday of Prevost successful nan crowd wearing White Sox cogwheel during nan 2005 World Series erstwhile nan White Sox played nan Houston Astros. The White Sox swept nan Astros to triumph that World Series but person not won a playoff bid since then.

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Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Erick Fedde walks disconnected nan section aft being taken retired of a crippled during nan seventh inning against nan Texas Rangers astatine Globe Life Field July 22, 2024.  (Raymond Carlin III/USA Today Sports)

The first-ever American Pope was rumored to person been a Chicago Cubs fan, but his relative John confirmed Prevost is so a White Sox fan. 

Fedde was 1 of nan lone agleam spots from past season’s dreadful White Sox team. He went 7-4 successful 21 starts pinch a 3.11 ERA and was traded to the Cardinals astatine nan waste and acquisition deadline. 

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St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Erick Fedde (12) celebrates pinch Cardinals catcher Pedro Pages (43) aft throwing a complete-game shutout against nan Washington Nationals astatine Nationals Park May 9, 2025.  (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images)

This play has not been a batch amended for nan White Sox, who are 11-28 and already 15 games down nan first-place Detroit Tigers successful nan AL Central. 

With nan Cardinals this season, Fedde is 3-3 pinch a 3.86 ERA. In his astir caller crippled against nan Washington Nationals, he sounded a complete-game shutout. 

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