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The 43rd president of the United States of America, George W. Bush was a co-owner of the Texas Rangers.
President Ronald Reagan was a radio sport announcer and actor before becoming president. He was an announcer for Chicago Cubs baseball games in Des Moines in the 1930s.
Since the tradition was began by Taft in 1910, Jimmy Carter was the only president who never threw out an opening day pitch . He did throw out the first pitch at a World Series game in 1079.
William Howard Taft, on April 14th 1910. He threw the first pitch to the Washington senator's pitcher to begin the game, then stayed to watch the rest of it, enjoying himself so mucht hat every president since has done the same thing.
President George H. W. Bush is the US president that played baseball at Yale University. The position the President played was first base.
Ty Cobb became the first baseball player to become a millionaire.
Derek Jeter graduated Kalamazoo Central High School. He received a baseball scholarship to attend the University of Michigan, but chose to sign with the Yankees instead.
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The 41st president is a huge baseball fan, and can often be seen at Houston Astros baseball games. Bush was captain and first baseman for Yale University's baseball team in the late 1940s.
Jacoby Ellsbury graduated from high school in 2002. He then went on to attend Oregon State University, where he played college baseball before being drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2005.
World University Baseball Championship was created in 2002.
Two Major League Baseball players, Mario Ramos and Nate Minchey, graduated from Pflugerville High School.
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George Hancock, credited with inventing softball, attended the University of Chicago. He graduated in 1887, where he was also an athlete, playing various sports. Hancock's educational background contributed to his development of the game, which he created in 1887 as a variant of baseball.