Mookie Betts makes a decision on Trump’s visit to celebrate World Series
Mookie Betts He won his second World Series in October, but this weekend he will score his first time to commemorate a winning series victory with President Donald Trump.
Betts won a title with the Boston Red Sox In 2018, the same year was appointed American League MVP.
However, he decided to skip the team’s celebration at the White House in 2019.
It will not be this year.
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The short of Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts celebrates after winning the 2024 World Series against New York Yankees at the Yankee Stadium. (Images Wendell Cruz/Image)
“It is not about me; I don’t want anything to be on me. It is the dodgers. Because these guys were there for me,” said Betts, Away the Times of Los Angeles.
Betts said he was not staying except that he had made the journey in 2019, manager Alex Cora and the pitcher David Price also skipped, saying that he felt they were a distraction.
“It doesn’t matter what I say or what I do, people will take it as a politician. But it is certainly not what it is. This is what the Dodgers have been able to achieve last year,” he said.
Cora He recently admitted that he jumped out Meeting Trump because he wanted to give priority to his country of origin of Puerto Rico. When the Red Sox visited the White House in May 2019, Puerto Rico was still recovering from the destruction of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and Cora was not satisfied with the response of the federal government.
Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after hitting a double RBI in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the NLCS against New York Mets in Citi Field on October 17, 2024, in New York, New York (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos through Getty Images)
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Other Dodger had been asked for their status for the trip, but Betts’ decision was understandably at most.
“It’s what it is. It comes with the territory, being black in America in a situation like this. It is a difficult point to be in,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what I choose, someone will be pissed off. Someone will have their opinion. But, once again, it’s not about me. It is not about politics. It is Dodgers. It concerns my loyalty to these guys, this club house. And that’s all for me.”
The Dodgers defeated the hometown of Trump New York Yankees in five games last year.
Freddie Freeman of Los Angeles Dodgers, left; Shohei Ohtani, center; And Mookie Betts placed with their rings during a Ring Ceremony of the World Series before a game against Detroit Tigers on March 28, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. TerRill)
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