And now, one White Sox fan, Sox on 35th blogger Joe Binder, has unearthed footage of Leo clearly in the crowd for Game 1 of that World Series. The now-pope looks somewhat uneasy as White Sox closer Bobby Jenks closes out a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros. The White Sox went on to sweep the Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.

A brother of the newly elected pope says the Chicago-born pontiff is a White Sox fan, and one video might offer some proof.Video shows then-Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in the crowd at the 2005 World Series game at the Southwest Side ballpark now known as Rate Field,