During his first papal trip abroad, Pope Leo XIV was presented with a baseball bat once owned by legendary White Sox player Nellie Fox.

CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay gifted the pontiff Fox’s Louisville Slugger, as part of a tradition of members of the press bringing gifts as Leo made an unannounced trip through the plane to greet the Vatican press corp. When Livesay pointed out the initials and number on the end of the bat, which was given to him by his cousin, the pope’s eyes lit up, CBS reported.

“How did you get this through security?” the pope said to laughs from the group.

Fox, a White Sox Hall of Fame second baseman who was born on Christmas Day 1927, led the American League in singles for seven consecutive seasons, 1954 to 1960. Fox’s 1955 team record of consecutive games

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