Ivan Rodriguez gets the first pitch before World Series Game 1 2023

\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{ “__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Very few players in franchise history understand the Rangers’ painful playoff history as well as Rodriguez, who played in Texas from 1991-2002 and was part of ’09, lost three separate playoff runs and looked back at the club’s ’10 and ’11 World Series losses.\n\n”But that’s in the past,” he said.\n\nIt feels like Rodriguez that this is the year of the Rangers. His advice to players is to keep doing what they are doing. It’s no surprise that the former catcher also gave a shout out to backstop Jonah Heim for his skills behind the plate.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2023- 10-28T00 :09:09.86Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023- 10/27 /e82e1fa0-69b9d7bc-3dcd4629-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”type”:”video”,”description”:”George W. Bush talks to Derek Jeter and throws out before the first pitch Ivan Rodriguez to the Hall of Faz in Game 1 of the World Series”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:02:18″,”slug”:”george-w-bush-throws-first-pitch “,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-140″,”title”:”Texas Rangers”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:140″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”ceremonial-first-pitch”,”title”:”ceremonial first pitch”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”postseason”,”title”:”postseason”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-121358″,”title”:”Ivan Rodriguez”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:121358″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-116539″,”title”:”Derek Jeter”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:116539″},”type”:”player”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”:”Thumbnail”,”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/chraxt7vwfwwmmhtroi6″},”title” :”George W. Bush throws the first pitch”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/george-w-bush-throws-first-pitch”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:””Unbelievable , Rodriguez said. “For me, I know he’s a good hitter from both sides of the plate. But the part of his game that I like the most is behind the plate. The way he calls plays, the way that he threw out runners, the way he expected — you don’t teach that. That’s natural. And he has.\n\n“\\[In Game 6 of the American League Championship Series vs. the Astros, there was a\\] runner on third base with the game on the line. And he blocked a big ball, and the ball stayed in front. Then we beat the man, and \\[Adolis\\] Garcia came on and hit a home run. For me, the MVP is Jonah. Because if he doesn’t do that, García won’t hit a home run again.”\n\nIt was fitting that Rodriguez got the first pitch from Bush before the Rangers’ first game of the World Series at Globe Life Field. Rodriguez joked that Bush, who owned a stake in the Rangers from 1989-94, was his first boss.\n\nNow, Rodriguez hopes to see both of them win their franchise’s first title.\n\n “I’ve always wanted to see the Texas Rangers win a World Series,” Rodriguez said. from former President Bush at Globe Life Field”,”summary”:”ARLINGTON — Ivan Rodriguez, better known by his nickname “Pudge,” won the 2003 World Series with the Florida Marlins before, but the Hall of Fame catcher said he still has unfinished business after his 12-year career as one of the best Rangers of all time.\n“Absolutely,” Rodriguez said. “Winning the World”,”tagline({\”formatString\”:\”none\”})”:null,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”storytype-article”,”title”:”Article”,”type”:”article”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-140″,”title”:”Texas Rangers”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:140″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”ContributorTag”,”slug”:”nathan-han”,”title”:”Nathan Han”,”type”:”contributor”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-121358″,”title”:”Ivan Rodriguez”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:121358″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”postseason”,”title”:”postseason”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”world-series”,”title”:”World Series”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”apple-news”,”title”:”Apple News”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”type”:”story”,”thumbnail”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/x3tdvvu5thvcgfmzjsay”,”title”:”Ivan Rodriguez is first pitch before World Series Game 1 2023″}},”Person:121358″:{“__typename”:”Person”,”id”:121358},”Team:140″:{“__typename”:”Team”, “id “:140},”Person:116539”:{“__typename”:”Person”,”id”:116539}}} window.adobeAnalytics = {“reportingSuiteId”:”mlbglobal08,mlbcom08″,”linkInternalFilters”:” mlb” } window.globalState = {“tracking_title”:”Major League Baseball”,”lang”:”en”} window.appId = ” /*–>*/