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Mookie Betts He has won his second world series in October, but this weekend he will mark his first time in memory of winning the world series with President Donald Trump.
Betts won the title with Boston Red Sox In 2018, he was named the US league of the MVP of the same year.
However, he decided to skip the celebration of the team at the White House in 2019.
This will not be the case this year.
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Los Angeles Dodgers Shortstop Mookie Betts Slava after winning in the 2024 World series 2024. Against New York Yankees at the Yankee Stadium. (Wendell Cruz/Imagins Images)
“It’s not about me; I don’t want anything to refer to me. These are Dodgers here. Since these guys were there for me,” Betts said, Betts, Betts, over La Times.
Betts said he regretted not traveling in 2019, and manager Alex Cora and Backer David Price also skipped, saying he felt a distraction.
“No matter what I say or what I do, people will take it as political. But it is definitely not what it is. This is what the Dodgers have been able to achieve last year,” he said.
Bark recently admitted that he skipped At the encounter with Trump because he wanted to give preference to his home country 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 Los Angeles Dodgers respond after hitting in RBI double in the fourth inning of game 4 NLCS against New York Mets on Cita Field on October 17, 2024. In New York, NY (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
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Other Dodgeri wondered about their travel status, but Betts’ decision was understandable at the top.
“That’s what it is. He comes with the territory, being black in America in this situation. It’s hard to be,” he said. “No matter what he chose, someone will be angry. Someone will have their opinion. But, again, this is not about me. It’s not about politics. These are Dodger. These are my loyalty to these boys, this club house. And that’s all for me.”
Dodgers beat Trump’s hometown of New York Yankees last year in five games.
Freddie Freeman from Los Angeles Dodgers, left; Shohei Ohhtani, Center; And the Mookie Betts are posed with rings during the World Series Ring Ceremony before the game against the Detroit Tigers on March 28. 2025 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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