The Fall Classic that no one expected began on Friday with a presidential cameo, a walk-off home run in extra innings and first blood to the Rangers. But don’t count Arizona out just yet
With one of the most conservative fanbases in Major League Baseball, there could only be one choice to throw out the ceremonial first pitch as the Texas Rangers returned to the World Series for the first time since 2011.
The toss from the Dallas librarian and former Rangers co-owner was so low that not even a hall-of-famer, former catcher Iván ‘Pudge’ Rodríguez, could grab it before it scuffed the dirt.
