The Los Angeles Dodgers are the reigning World Collection champions, that means they’ve a possibility to go to President Donald Trump within the White Home.
Nevertheless, a current story within the Los Angeles Instances advised their readers, “Do not guess on it.’
The Instances talked about how Mookie Betts skipped out on a go to in 2019 with the Boston Purple Sox and stays outspoken about social justice points, and different former Dodgers, in addition to co-owners Magic Johnson and Billie Jean King, have been crucial of the president prior to now.
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Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts (50) celebrates after profitable the 2024 MLB World Collection towards the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Photos)
Los Angeles will probably be in D.C. early within the season, with a three-game sequence from April 7 by 9. That’s prone to be the time the Dodgers would pay their go to. (They will even go to the close by Baltimore Orioles in early September.)
However the Instances mentioned that “it is onerous to think about” the group visiting 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
“All in all, it’s onerous to think about the Dodgers agreeing to a celebratory picture op with the president proper now. Los Angeles is not only Dodger blue, however Democrat blue,” the story read. “The president misplaced L.A. County by 33 share factors. In his feuds with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Trump has threatened to withhold hearth catastrophe funds with out concessions. He appears to by no means miss a possibility to take a swipe on the Golden State.
“The World Champion Dodgers ought to stand as much as, not subsequent to, the president. If an overture from the White Home comes, they’ll ship a pleasant notice: Thanks, however no.”
The Dodgers visited former president Joe Biden in July 2021 to have fun their 2020 World Collection title.
The Los Angeles Dodgers pose for an image with the Commissioner’s Trophy after beating the New York Yankees in recreation 4 to win the 2024 MLB World Collection at Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Photos)
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The Philadelphia Eagles will go to the White Home on April 28 amid their Tremendous Bowl LIX victory, regardless of prior rumors that they’d skip, as they did in 2018. The Florida Panthers not too long ago visited the president to have fun their Stanley Cup victory final summer time.
The final championship group from the professionals to go to Trump in workplace throughout his first presidency have been the 2019 Washington Nationals, 5 days after their World Collection victory over the Houston Astros (regardless of Sean Doolittle’s criticisms of the president). The pandemic made visits more durable in 2020, and by the point restrictions began to be lifted, Biden had taken workplace.
The UConn males’s and LSU ladies’s groups visited Biden final yr. The previous president was criticized for initially not inviting the College of Georgia soccer group final yr, and after they obtained an invite, the Bulldogs didn’t go. In addition they didn’t make the journey the yr earlier than, resulting from COVID-19 security precautions.
Los Angeles Dodger Shohei Ohtani, spouse Mamiko Tanaka and canine Decoy arrive at Dodger Stadium for the group’s World Collection Championship celebration. (Sandy Hooper-USA At the moment through Imagn Photos)
Each the Las Vegas Aces and Boston Celtics, the reigning WNBA and NBA champs, respectively, visited Biden earlier than he left workplace. The prior NBA champions, the Denver Nuggets, notably canceled their go to final yr, citing their quest to earn the No. 1 seed within the Western Convention. (They acquired the No. 2 seed after a tiebreaker.)
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