SURPRISE, Ariz. — The first week of Texas Rangers spring training brought us this nugget of information: Manager Bruce Bochy, like many, spends his downtime on Instagram watching golf videos.
The second week further peeled back the layers of the veteran manager’s social media acumen.
“I don’t do YouTube, and all that,” Bochy said Thursday.
The prompt: Dude Perfect — the Frisco-based sports entertainment group that rose to YouTube fame thanks to their trick-shot-making-ability — was at the Rangers’ spring training complex on Thursday at the invitation of starting pitcher Dane Dunning.
“I knew nothing about them, I had never seen them before,” Bochy said of Dude Perfect, whose YouTube page now has 60 million subscribers. “Dane Dunning comes in my office and talks about them that they’re coming here. ‘Who are they?’ ... then I started looking at them, and it’s incredible what they have accomplished.
“We’re excited to have them here. They all know ‘em, the players, trust me. This grandpa doesn’t know too much about them, but I’m looking forward to seeing them interact with our players.”
The group was out and about on the practice fields Thursday dressed in team uniforms, shagging fly balls, attempting catcher’s drills and meeting with Rangers players and officials.
“I’ve watched their YouTube videos and stuff,” said outfielder Wyatt Langford, whose batting practice fly balls were fielded by Dude Perfect. “We were having a good time hitting it to them.”
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