President Donald Trump welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers to the White Home to rejoice their 2024 World Sequence championship over the New York Yankees.
As Trump touted the accomplishments of the staff and its star gamers, he took a bit of jab on the Boston Crimson Sox for buying and selling Mookie Betts to the Dodgers earlier than the 2020 season. Since then, the Dodgers have gained two World Sequence titles with Betts on the staff and are poised to run it again once more in 2025.
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President Donald Trump, proper, greets Mookie Betts throughout a ceremony to honor the Main League Baseball 2024 World Sequence Champion Los Angeles Dodgers within the East Room of the White Home on Monday, April 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (AP Picture/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump acknowledged the deal the Dodgers made.
“Mookie Betts, oh is he good,” Trump mentioned earlier than shaking the star participant’s hand. “That man can play, can’t he? I imply, unbelievable. I do not need to say I watched him when he was on Boston, however I did.
“I did not assume that was a very good commerce once they made it, and I occurred to be proper.”
President Trump is a fan of the New York Yankees and talked about as such throughout his speech. He additionally talked concerning the problem of sitting subsequent to the late Yankees proprietor George Steinbrenner throughout a sport.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, left, Shohei Ohtani, heart, and Clayton Kershaw hear as President Donald Trump speaks throughout a ceremony to honor the Main League Baseball 2024 World Sequence Champion staff within the East Room of the White Home on Monday, April 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (AP Picture/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Boston traded Betts and David Value to the Dodgers for Jeter Downs, Alex Verdugo and Connor Wong on Feb. 10, 2020. Wong continues to be with the Crimson Sox, Downs is taking part in in Japan, Verdugo performed for the Yankees final season and is at present on the Atlanta Braves’ 40-man roster.
The Crimson Sox final gained the World Sequence in 2018, with each Betts and Value on the staff. The previous pitcher retired from baseball in 2022.
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, #17, celebrates after his two-run dwelling run with teammate Mookie Betts, #50, in the course of the third inning of a baseball sport towards the Washington Nationals on Monday, April 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (AP Picture/Nick Wass)
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Betts was 1-for-4 with an RBI on Monday evening towards the Washington Nationals. He’s hitting .306 with three dwelling runs to this point this 12 months.
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