Bush becomes the public face of the team, while co-general partner Rusty Rose assumes control over the financial side. September: The Rangers fail to make the playoffs. But with new free agent pitcher Nolan Ryan, they post their first winning record in three years and surpass 2 million in attendance for the first time in franchise history. At the time, Greene is among a group of former executives being sued by federal regulators for his role in the widespread savings-and-loan scandal.
Shortly after the bill is signed by new governor Ann Richards, 13 acres of private property are seized for the Rangers' new ballpark, later prompting two lawsuits. Bush leaves the White House, defeated by Bill Clinton. September: George W. Bush purchased a share in the Texas Rangers baseball franchise, and served as managing general partner for five years. Neil Leibman credit: Kelly Gavin courtesy photo Texas Rangers co-owner Neil Leibman is leading a new fund with the goal of acquiring professional sports teams and sports related companies.
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Baron Davis, PG Cleveland. But I was also the person that aggressively sought the deal. I was a pit bull on the pant leg of opportunity. The first reason: this was Major League Baseball, and if there is a business that rewards nepotism, baseball is it.
His story is not unique at all in this regard. Ask Bill DeWitt, who hipped him to the deal, and whose father was a baseball owner as well. The second reason: Bush was a pretty hands-on owner who, actually, seemed to like baseball a great deal and seemed to do a pretty good job running the team. Yeah, it was publicly-funded, but again, that is not at all unique.
He regularly attended games, often sitting in the stands with fans and signing autographs for anyone who approached him. He was a generally well-liked figure among Rangers fans, in no small part because the team got better in the six seasons in which Bush served as an active owner, finishing above. Commissioner Fay Vincent was taken out by an ownership coup, and Bud Selig was installed as interim commissioner. As labor strife loomed, many around baseball talked about Bush, perhaps, one day, becoming Commissioner himself.
Bush, however, never forgot the reason he got into baseball in the first place: to burnish his resume for political office. Bush declared himself a candidate for Texas governor in September of , a few months before the opening of The Ballpark in Arlington. He kept that same folksy, baseball-heavy approach in his gubernatorial bid, using it — and a massive national Republican wave — to unseat the popular incumbent Ann Richards in November Table of Contents.
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