Connection to Baseball: Assembled the group of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers in 1989; served as managing general partner of the franchise until he was elected Governor of Texas in 1994

Pros: As a prep student at Andover, served as "high commissioner" of stickball; in May 2001 opened South Lawn of the White House to young T-ball players and now serves as the honorary commissioner of the White House T-ball League

Cons: Recent reports that Bush and the Rangers' ownership group bullied and misled the city of Arlington into raising taxes to build new $200 million stadium for the team