When George W. Bush and partners reached a deal for the purchase of the Texas Rangers baseball club in March 1989, the team was getting ready to field such young, developing talent as Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro, as well as free agent veteran pitcher Nolan Ryan (who, when the season began, was the same age as his team’s 42-year-old new owner).

At the time, Bush was a businessman and son of a newly elected U.S. president; news reports also mentioned him as a potential candidate to run for Texas governor the next year.

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