ARLINGTON, Texas – Former President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch sooner than Game 1 of the World Series to former Texas Rangers catcher Iván “Pudge” Rodriguez, bouncing the throw from the entrance of the mound.
Bush, a former Texas governor, spent 1989-94 as managing spouse of the Rangers, who’re taking part in the Arizona Diamondbacks.
When he used to be president, Bush famously threw out the first pitch of the first World Series recreation in New York after 9/11 terrorist assaults, making that toss from the rubber with out a bounce.
Before this first pitch, Bush reminisced with former Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, now a TV analyst, about Jeter telling him he had to throw from the mound and could not bounce the pitch in 2001, or else he would get booed.
“Well, this is Texas,” Jeter stated Friday in a temporary interview from the tunnel at the back of the Texas dugout at the first-base facet. “You bounce it, they won’t boo you.”
“No, no,” Bush responded. “It doesn’t matter now.”
Bush wore a white jacket with the Rangers’ pink “T” brand at the chest, whilst the Hall of Famer Rodriguez wore his acquainted No. 7 jersey.
Rodriguez used to be nonetheless taking part in the closing time the Rangers reached the World Series in 2010 and 2011. The 13-time Gold Glove participant and 14-time All-Star spent his first 12 seasons with the Rangers, and a part of a thirteenth season in his 21-year profession.
Bush, the forty third president, two times threw out ceremonial first pitches along with his past due father, George H.W. Bush, the forty first president. They paired up sooner than Game 4 of the 2010 World Series in Arlington, Texas, and Game 5 in Houston in 2017. The more youthful Bush lives in Dallas.
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