A bit of an interesting story has popped up today. Matt Bush, the #1 overall pick from the 2004 MLB Draft has been called up by the Texas Rangers from AA Frisco. Bush was selected by the San Diego Padres in what was a surprising pick at the time and one that did not pay off for them. This will serve as his MLB debut once he officially gets to play for the Rangers. Why has it taken 12 years for him to reach this point? Bad decisions.
Bush's professional career has been marred by alcohol induced poor decisions that found him sentenced to 51 months in a Florida prison. While in the Tampa Bay organization, he ran into and over a 71 year old man on a motorcycle while sporting a .18 BAC. Thankfully the man survived the incident which included his head being ran over in the process. However, this was Bush's third DUI within 10 years, so he had sort of ruined all possible good will. Reading through his rap sheet would make you think you were screening Eastbound & Down and watching Kenny Powers in the flesh.
Bush was released from prison just under 7 months ago and has been working his way back into the good graces of baseball in hopes of achieving the dream of being a pitcher in a major league game. It appears that dream will soon become a reality with today's call up and I can only hope that Texas will be able to keep him clean like they did for Josh Hamilton and get his life turned around to become a positive example.
All my love,
@corbeech
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