{"id":49203,"date":"2025-04-03T02:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=49203"},"modified":"2025-04-03T02:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:01:38","slug":"curious-about-his-decision-mookie-betts-reveals-whether-hell-attend-dodgers-white-house-visit-with-president-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=49203","title":{"rendered":"Curious About His Decision: Mookie Betts Reveals Whether He&#8217;ll Attend Dodgers&#8217; White House Visit With President Donald Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers have accepted President Donald Trump\u2019s invitation to visit the White House on Monday, April 7.<\/p>\n<p>The team will also visit Capitol Hill on April 8.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 medrectangle-3 medrectangle-3613 adtester-container adtester-container-613\" data-ez-name=\"dodgersnation_com-medrectangle-3\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-dodgersnation_com-medrectangle-3-0\" class=\"ezoic-ad\" data-google-query-id=\"CJyZ6_fmuIwDFflOwgUdrMcbVA\"><\/span><span class=\"reportline\" data-nosnippet=\"\" data-ez-ph-owner-id=\"613\"><span class=\"ezoicwhat\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25816248_168396005_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Mookie Betts Has Made Decision on Attending Dodgers\u2019 White House Visit With President Donald Trump\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Superstar Mookie Betts has recently\u00a0given the decision some more thought\u00a0as to joining in on the visit or not, as Betts has a history with not immediately accepting a visit to the Executive Mansion.<\/p>\n<p>The long-standing tradition of the MLB champion getting an invite to the White House has been around since the Washington Senators won the 1924 World Series and visited known baseball fan, President Calvin Coolidge.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-621\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Betts and nine other players on the world champion Boston Red Sox elected to decline the invitation to the White House while President Trump was serving his first term.<\/p>\n<p>Team manager Alex Cora and various coaches also didn\u2019t attend.<\/p>\n<p>After the 2020 World Series, Betts chose to partake in the visit with his Dodgers and then-President Joe Biden in office after a COVID-19 delayed July 2021 trip.<\/p>\n<p>As for the current invitation, the Orange County Register\u2019s Bill Plunkett reported that the superstar shortstop has made a decision \u2014 but isn\u2019t quite ready to announce it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1906863943060209767&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersnation.com%2Fmookie-betts-has-made-decision-on-attending-dodgers-white-house-visit-with-president-donald-trump%2F2025%2F04%2F01%2F&amp;sessionId=8196eb33be81037d9746ac25e2250d18ac74f696&amp;siteScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1906863943060209767\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said last month that he was looking forward to keeping the baseball tradition.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s certainly a huge honor to get the invitation to the White House. It allows us to celebrate our 2024 championship. To my understanding, every World Series champion gets that honor,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI respect the position. It\u2019s the highest office in our country certainly, in the world. 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