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Chicago’s white socks were mourning on Monday night, as they played their first home game from the death of former pitcher Bobby Jenks, who died at 44 years after fighting cancer.
The team, with a patch No. 45 in its shirts to commemorate Jenks, held a moment of silence after showing a video tribute to those in the stands on Monday night in the field of the rate.
Patches No. 45 will be used during the rest of the 2025 season.
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The gardener of the Chicago White Sox Andrew Benintendi (23) and teammates observe during a tribute to former Bobby Jenks player before the team game against the Toronto Blue Jays in the field of Tarifa. (Matt Marton-Imagn images)
It was a gloomy moment, but expected to honor Jenks after the news of his death during the weekend.
Jenks announced in February that he was dealing with stadium 4 adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer. He was in a hospital bed when he made the announcement to MLB.com after moving to Portugal to be closer to his wife’s family.
Bobby Jenks, closer to the winning team of the World World Series, dead at 44
“We have lost an iconic White Sox family member today,” said the president of the White Sox, Jerry Reinsdorf, in a statement.
“None of us will forget that ninth entry of game 4 in Houston, everything Bobby did for the 2005 World Series champions and for the entire organization of the Sox socks during their time in Chicago. He and his family knew that cancer would be his toughest battle, and they will miss him as a husband, father, friend and teammate. He will always maintain a special place in all our hearts.”
The former pitcher of the Chicago White Sox, Bobby Jenks, is remembered before the game between the Chicago puppies and the St. Louis cardinals in Wrigley Field. (Matt Marton-Imagn images)
Although Jenks did not disclose his situation other than the diagnosis, he said he hoped to be part of the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the White Sox of his victory in the 2005 World Series. That will be this Friday when Chicago faces Cleveland’s guardians.
Jenks played seven seasons in MLB, six of which with the white socks. He had great success when he debuted with them in 2005, gaining an effectiveness of 2.75 in 32 games while strucking 11.4 batters for every nine tickets.
Due to its consistency in the mound, Jenks would end up being the closest through the team of the World World Series, and launched in the four games when the White Sox swept Houston’s stars to win everything.
Jenks went on to obtain consecutive stars offers in 2006 and 2007, while ending his career with an effectiveness of 3.53. The other team for which he played was the Boston Red Sox before retiring after the 2011 season.
The Relief launcher of the Chicago White Sox, Bobby Jenks (45) during the ninth entry against the New York Yankees in the Cellular Field of the USA. UU. On August 29, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Dennis Wierzbicki/USA Today Sports)
Jenks also fought with alcoholism and drug addiction, which effectively ended his career before being sober in 2012.
Jenks survives his wife and six children, four of whom were from a previous marriage.
