Overview
- CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay presented the bat during the pope’s Thanksgiving flight to Turkey and captured the exchange on video.
- Livesay said the bat once belonged to Hall of Famer Nellie Fox and bears the player’s initials on the bat’s butt.
- He wrote that his cousin mailed him the heirloom and urged him to deliver it to the pope.
- Pope Leo thanked Livesay for the gift and joked, “How did you get that through security?”
- The clip spread on social media as outlets noted Leo’s prior White Sox ties, including a Jumbotron message and an installation at Rate Field earlier this year.