Former Chicago White Sox Pitcher and 2005 World Series Champion Bobby Jenks He died of cancer on July 4.
Major League Baseball confirmed that Jenks died in Sintra, Portugal, and he is receiving treatment for an advanced form of adenocarcinoma (a type of gastric cancer). His second wife survived Eleni TzitzivacosAnd their children, Zeno and Kate, and four children – Kumar, Nolan, Raylan and Jackson – from his previous marriage to Adele Romkee.
“Former Chicago White Sox All-Star pitcher and 2005 World Series champion Bobby Jenks died yesterday on July 4 in Sintra, Portugal, where he has been battling adenocarcinoma, a gastric cancer. He is 44 years old.
White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf It also mourns the loss of “the iconic member of the White Sox Family”.
“None of us will forget the ninth inning of Houston Game 4, everything Bobby did during his 2005 World Series championship and the entire Sox organization in Chicago, 89, added. “He and his family knew cancer would be his toughest fight and he would be missed as a husband, father, friend and teammate. He will always have a special place in our hearts.”
Jenks helped end the White Sox’s 88 World Series title with his ninth finale against the Houston Astros in Game 4 in 2005.
Former White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen Call Jenks “one of them [his] Favorite player in history after the pitcher died”.
Bobby Jenks in 2011.
Elsa/Getty Images“I love that man,” Gillen said. “It’s a very sad day for all those involved with the White Sox. Everyone remembers the moment I called on the big guys in the World Series, so that a shaking head moment would be a great way to keep White Sox fans alive.”
The former White Sox manager continued: “Everyone has a favorite story about Bobby, so the 2005 party was held. [from July 11-13] It would be a great opportunity to get together with all his teammates and coaches to relive the biggest memories we have of him. ”
Jenks’ historic Major League Baseball career includes maintaining a record of consecutive hitters at the age of 41, and he was also a two-time All-Star. From 2005 to 2010, he provided pitching for the White Sox and then completed his career with the Boston Red Sox in 2011.
Later, he served as part of the MLB Pioneer Development Alliance, serving as sales coach and general manager for the Great Crossing Rockies. He also coached Princeton Whistlepigs and Windy City Thundbolts.
Jenks announced his gastric cancer diagnosis in February in an interview MLB.com From his hospital bed in Portugal. He confirmed that after a CT scan, the doctor discovered tumors in his chest and the cancer eventually spread to his stomach lining, lower back, hips and bones.
“It’s time to do what I’m going to do to make myself better and make myself more time, but you want to see it,” Jenks said at the time. “I’ll tell you one thing: I’m not going to die in Portugal.”
He continued: “They don’t write any numbers on it. I don’t even want numbers. I don’t like anything.”
The difficulties for Jenks and his family became more complicated when their Pacific Palisades died in a Palisades fire in January. Jenks managed to save his World Series but lost all other souvenirs from his career.
“I have a suitcase left in my name.” “Everything is gone. Everything else I’ve done. I have everything, first of all. All of these things are irreplaceable.”
