Coverage dated October 26, 2026

Twenty-five years later, baseball’s most emotional World Series still resonates

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(CNN) — For the first time in 46 years, a sitting US president was about to throw out the first pitch in a World Series game. Deep in the bowels of Yankee Stadium, George W. Bush was being warmed up by a man wearing a softball mitt. Outside on the diamond, a fake umpire was […]

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  1. KRDO

    Why the post-9/11 World Series means so much to so many 25 years later (opens KRDO)

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    By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in 46 years, a sitting US president was about to throw out the first pitch in a World Series game. Deep in the bowels of Yankee Stadium, George W. Bush was being warmed up by a man wearing a softball mitt. Outside on the diamond,

  2. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Twenty-five years later, baseball’s most emotional World Series still resonates (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    (CNN) — For the first time in 46 years, a sitting US president was about to throw out the first pitch in a World Series game. Deep in the bowels of Yankee Stadium, George W. Bush was being warmed up by a man wearing a softball mitt. Outside on the diamond, a fake umpire was […]

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