.georgepbush is out of politics, for now, But you can now find him in dugouts and batting cages at his local Little League fields, coaching sons Prescott, 10, and Jack, 8. He shares the Bush family's sports lessons in this subscriber exclusive ➡
would pull out his old first baseman’s glove and throw a baseball with him at the White House or on the grass outside the vice president’s residence.
One of the lessons young George learned, according to author and political commentator Chris Cillizza, is that Dorothy didn’t let her kids beat her on the court. They had to earn it. "He is a good loser — maybe not great trait as a politician, but a good trait as a human. He is sort of good at accepting loss and understanding that’s part of the game, too.”
Bush wasn’t the best player on his Yale team. But he was the team’s captain, which drew the honor of formally accepting the memoir Ruth was presenting to the university.“To be able to look up to a star that you loved and appreciated, to meet them in person, and then to play in front of him, I know for him, in terms of sports career, ranks up there,” George P. Bush said.” Of course he would brag about how he was Phi Beta Kappa as well while he was pursuing, at a high level, baseball.
“He would often joke that the Bush family genes aren’t exactly strong in speed,” George P. recalled. “So, being a left-handed hitter, you’re a little bit closer to first base.”
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