The story of Matt Bush is an unbelievable one, at the center of which is the need for him to stay sober. After all, he served nearly three years in prison for a third DUI -- the latest resulting in serious injury to a 72-year-old motorcyclist -- before his journey to big-league redemption got underway.

"Take baseball out of it," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said of Bush's story on SportsDay's "Ballzy" podcast in early May. "He's an alcoholic. There's going to be that element to his life regardless of his occupation. He's continuing the process day to day. We have a support network here and he has one. Knock on wood, everything's been very good."

Fans away from Globe Life Park aren't always so supportive, which, perhaps, shouldn't come as much of a surprise. But Bush revealed to USA TODAY Sports' Bob Nightengale during the Rangers' stop in St. Louis this past weekend that hecklers will focus on his past with their verbal barbs.

"I hear nasty things, people talking about prison and my drinking, just stupid stuff," Bush told USA TODAY Sports. "Obviously, people are trying to get under your skin any way they can. Some of the people want to go to the game just to give people a hard time. They'll drink beer and yell things at me.

"I understand it. But I try not to be too judgmental. I focus on what I have to do and try not to pay attention to the hecklers. When it gets bad, I think of

. Gosh, look at what he had to endure and go through, and he didn't do anything wrong. It was just because of the color of his skin.'

"Obviously, it's completely different with me, just with all of the things I've done in my past."

-- For Nightengale's full feature about Bush on USATODAY.com, click here.