President Donald Trump is welcoming the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House. The Dodgers edged the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 last October to become the first repeat champions in a quarter century.
Team Visit
The team’s manager, Dave Roberts, suggested that the trip is more about winning than politics. Dodgers star right fielder Mookie Betts isn’t coming, saying he prefers to spend the day with his family.
Championship baseball teams have been coming to the White House since 1869, when President Ulysses S. Grant hosted the Cincinnati Red Stockings. Trump, a baseball fan and New York native, has for years been closely associated with the New York Yankees.
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