Alexander: Can we talk baseball and tennis with the new pope?

The world according to Jim:
• I’ve just figured out my latest career ambition: Landing an interview opportunity to talk baseball and tennis with Pope Leo XIV. (The chances of that happening, of course, are probably similar to the odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot, but if this column finds the right audience, who knows?) …
• We have visual evidence, from Instagram, that the new pope signed someone’s baseball when he was greeted by well-wishers the other day