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Is he a Cubs or White Sox fan though?

• jm4 1y ago
  Do the White Sox still have any fans?
  • dannyphantom 1y ago
    ...yes :( I was ~8(ish) when my parents took me to their last World Series. Now, I'm a fan fueled by nostalgia and a deeply ingrained belief that 'THIS is the year they will go ALL the way!' One day it'll pay off
• nkrisc 1y ago
  Well, he's Catholic, so I think White Sox is more likely.
  • Kon-Peki 1y ago
    He’s a far south sider. 99% chance of being a Sox fan. EDIT - apparently a Cubs guy Incidentally, the steel mill very close to where he grew up was idled due to the effects of Trump tariffs this week.
    • nkrisc 1y ago
      Well, no heuristic is perfect.
      • Kon-Peki 1y ago
        During those years when he was a young kid, the White Sox were a very good team. The Cubs were awful. But they had Ernie Banks.
  • sailfast 1y ago
    Many MANY many north siders are catholic as well.
    • nkrisc 1y ago
      Of course, but if you show me a Catholic white guy from Chicago I’m still putting my money on South Side.
• tptacek 1y ago
  He's a Cubs fan, according to ABC News. (Interesting given he's a south sider).
  • senderista 1y ago
    I used to keep two ball caps in my car and switched when I crossed Madison.
  • turtletontine 1y ago
    The quote I heard was “You hear him described as a quiet, humble man. That’s perhaps how he survived growing up on the south side while being a cubs fan”
  • strictnein 1y ago
    Sounds like that was incorrect: https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-is-a-cubs-fan-despite-south-side-roots-reports-say/ https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-is-a-cu... > But later in the day, an ABC7 reporter caught up with one of the pope’s older brothers, John Prevost, and asked him to confirm the report. > He said it wasn’t true. > “He’s a Sox fan,” John Prevost told ABC7.