Credit: David Banks-Imagn ImagesThe Chicago White Sox have been one of the best stories in baseball this year. Just two years after going 41-121 and breaking the MLBs single-season loss record, Chicago has been in first place in the AL Central since early July.Pitcher Mike Vasil is out for the season due to Tommy John surgery, but hes helped his squad defy expectations from the dugout with his magic-wand skills. Vasils magic may just be the result of divine intervention, as Pope Leo XIV, who ascended to the papacy onMay 8, 2025, is a Chicago-area native and diehard White Sox fan.We got a pope, and we got a wizard. We have a lot of good luck on our side, star shortstop Colson Montgomery said on Sunday. Anything to get the fans excited for all that stuff is fun.The Sox delivered that excitement for fans on Tuesday, honoring His Holiness with a Pope Hat Night giveaway for the Sox game against the Cincinnati Reds. Initially intended for just the first 2,500 fans, all 38,113 attendees of the Rate Field sellout crowd were gifted a complimentary Sox-themed pope hat.Chicago went all out for the nights festivities, and the CHSN broadcast did its best to keep up, starting with Sister Mary Jo Sobieck of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield doing her thing, as play-by-play voice John Schriffen noted, and throwing out the first pitch.Sister Mary Jo showing off some moves before the first pitch#WhiteSoxpic.twitter.com/hF3TKZlsC7 White Sox Video (@WhiteSoxVideo) August 11, 2026The players got in on the fun as well, with recently acquired outfielder Brenton Doyle, catcher Edgar Quero, and third baseman Miguel Vargars each sporting one of the ceremonial hats in the dugout after launching a home run.#WhiteSoxhttps://t.co/4HYop3EB4Lpic.twitter.com/ipF63BKsuj White Sox Video (@WhiteSoxVideo) August 11, 2026https://t.co/oGfWupK2wFpic.twitter.com/Isf9KZDUSl White Sox Video (@WhiteSoxVideo) August 12, 2026!!!433-0#WhiteSoxpic.twitter.com/mJeUi6sGuq White Sox Video (@WhiteSoxVideo) August 12, 2026Chicagos mascot, Southpaw, joined the festivities, leaving Schriffen and color commentator Steve Stone stunned by his full papal costume.#WhiteSoxpic.twitter.com/X84pR4TKe8 White Sox Video (@WhiteSoxVideo) August 12, 2026White Sox executive vice president Brooks Boyer isnt sure if the Pope Hat Night will be an annual tradition, but is appreciative that the franchise was able to connect Leo XIV to his childhood team.Well see, Boyer said, per the Chicago Sun-Times. We wanna be super respectful to the pope, to the Vatican. Hopefully this represents a tie to his childhood team, doing it the exact right way.If Vasils magic, divine or not, helps carry the surging Sox deep into October, papal hats and magic wands might just find their way onto national broadcasts.The post CHSN broadcast navigates White Sox Pope Night appeared first on Awful Announcing.