\n Pope Leo XIV-themed shirts are sold outside Rate Field before a baseball game last week between the White Sox and Miami Marlins.
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It\u2019s official: The White Sox have their most famous fan in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Early reports noted Robert Prevost \u2014 a native of south suburban Dolton now known as Pope Leo XIV \u2014 as a possible Cubs fan. But evidence quickly cemented Prevost as a backer of the Sox.<\/p>\n
As South Siders celebrate the news, this week\u2019s High Five looks at other famous White Sox fans.<\/p>\n
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\n Former Journey frontman Steve Perry, center, leads White Sox players, from left, A.J. Pierzynski, Geoff Blum, Perry, Joe Crede and Jermaine Dye, in singing the song \u201cDon’t Stop Believin’\u201d during the city’s celebration of the World Series championship in 2005.
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5. Steve Perry<\/p>\n
The former lead singer of Journey became forever tied with the White Sox as they nursed their AL Central Division lead late in the 2005 regular season.<\/p>\n
Powered by the sound of the Journey hit \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019\u201d blaring throughout their stadium, the Sox held off Cleveland to win the division. It became the team\u2019s theme song, and Perry even joined the White Sox in the locker room after their World Series clincher over Houston in Game 4.<\/p>\n
An enduring image from the Grant Park victory celebration featured Perry singing the iconic song with Sox players and the thousands of fans in attendance.<\/p>\n
4. Jenny McCarthy<\/p>\n
Model, actress, \u201cMasked Singer\u201d host \u2026 and White Sox fan.<\/p>\n
McCarthy grew up on the South Side, attending Mother McAuley High School on 99th Street. In an interview with SiriusXM <\/a>she talked about trudging through blizzards in an effort to achieve perfect attendance in grammar school and receive the reward of free White Sox tickets.<\/p>\n In that same interview, though, she\u2019s wearing a Cubs jersey. So take it with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n 3. Mr. T<\/p>\n Whether you know him as Clubber Lang from \u201cRocky III\u201d or B.A. Baracus from \u201cThe A-Team,\u201d Sox fans know him as one of their own.<\/p>\n Born Laurence Tureaud, he grew up in the Robert Taylor Homes, just blocks away from Comiskey Park, and played football at Dunbar High School.<\/p>\n