WASHINGTON — George H. W. Bush has a well-documented love of baseball and the Houston Astros. And even after his death, Bush got in one last…
WASHINGTON — George H. W. Bush had a well-documented love of baseball and the Houston Astros.
And even after his death, Bush got in one last parting shot at the team’s biggest rival — the Texas Rangers.
The list of people attending Thursday’s funeral in Houston included two Astros favorites, Hall of Famers Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell. Listed next was fellow Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, of the Astros “and other lesser teams.”
Whether it was Bush who directed someone to add the phrase, or someone else, the jab did not go unnoticed. It was first reported by the Houston Chronicle.
Ryan, a senior adviser for the Astros, served as president and co-owner of the Rangers until he joined the Astros in 2014.
As a major league pitcher, he spent 13 seasons with the New York Mets and the California Angels, eight with Houston and five with the Rangers before retiring in 1993.
