‘Running with Beto’: the off-stage version of Beto O’Rourke

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It was on when Beto O'Rourke, center fielder for the Los Diablitos de El Paso, jumped up on hay bale when filmmaker David Modigliani, first baseman for the Texas Playboys Baseball Club, knew he could make a movie about the 2018 Texas Senate candidate and now one of nearly two dozen Democrats running for president in 2020. "I was playing first base, he got a single and he was, like, 'Hey, I am running for Senate,' '' recalled Modigliani while talking about making "Running with Beto" on the latest Political Theater podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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