George W. Bush

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George Walker Bush

Born July 6, 1946 in New Haven, CT USA

United States President from 2001-09, and former minority owner of the Texas Rangers, George Walker Bush is the eldest son of United States President George Herbert Walker Bush. Bush was often seen as the public face of the Rangers ownership group. His political connections and acumen helped the Rangers land public funding for the The Ballpark at Arlington, which is now known as Ameriquest Field. He was the governor of Texas from 1995 to 2001, and was elected the 43rd President of the United States in 2000. He was reelected to a second term in 2004.

It has been said that he once angled for the position of Commissioner of Baseball.

As President, he remained an ardent fan of baseball, often throwing out the first pitch, weighing in on steroid issues, and hosting Little League baseball teams at the White House.

His involvement with the Texas Rangers lasted until 1994, and thus overlapped with the time that Jose Canseco was on the team, from 1992-94. Rafael Palmeiro was also on the team through 1993. Canseco's book Juiced claims that Bush must have known about players using steroids. Bush has denied knowing about any steroid use.

Bush throw out the first pitch before game 3 of the 2009 Japan Series.