Shoe Thrower to The Texas Rangers? Stay Tuned

By now I'm sure most of you have either seen or heard about the shoe-throwing incident in Iraq.  The event certainly set our media ablaze with the spectrum of emotions ranging from outrage to satire (mostly satire).

George Bush showed many of us if nothing else....he still has good reflexes.

Now most of us would be furious if someone hurled a couple shoes right at our heads while verbally insulting us. Most of us would have shouted insults right back.  Most of us would even gather those shoes and throw them right back.

But George Bush is no ordinary man, by all means.  Bush is the President of the United States of America, for another month.  After President-Elect Barack Obama is sworn in, Bush will step down from the role he has held for eight years and return to Texas with a legacy in tow (legacy is open to interpretation).  Bush has taken the high road here, even recently stating that he bears no enmity towards the shoe thrower.

What will Bush do with his free time?  Well, I know at least one thing he's going to do: contact his beloved Texas Rangers, and have their people contact the shoe thrower (Yes, I'm purposely not using the shoe thrower's actual name, mainly because I fear I will misspell the name and get a loafer hurled in my direction)!  Did you see that guy's accurate throws?  One has to think that he could at least pitch the seventh inning in relief for the Rangers, given their recent history of atrocious pitching.  The Rangers could even put a picture of Bush in the glove of the catcher, for added motivation!

Think about the marketing aspect for the Rangers.  Every now and then they could have a promotion that gives the first 10,000 fans a plush shoe with the shoe thrower name's inscribed on it.  They could sell nachos in a container shaped like a shoe at concession stands.  How about a new slogan?  "Just Shoe It," or "Fear the Shoe."  The possibilities are endless!!

This just in—it looks like the Rangers were too slow to act, as the Yankees just signed the shoe thrower to a three-year, $20 million deal.  Looks like a bargain compared to the Burnett deal...