Former President George H.W. Bush Throws Out First Pitch
Before Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals on Sunday, Bush who is 91, uses a wheelchair and wears a neck brace, threw out the first pitch.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. There is no stopping George H. W. Bush. The ex-president, who jumped out of planes long after leaving the Oval Office, is now 91 and in a wheelchair and wearing a neck brace - none of which mattered. He rolled onto a baseball diamond before a Houston Astros game. And sitting a few feet from home plate, he threw the first pitch. The left-handed throw was not a strike but surely was the most spirited pitch of the season. You're listening to MORNING EDITION.
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