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Jackie Bradley Jr. on White House decision: 'I wouldn't go even if Hillary Clinton was in office'
Yahoo! Sports ^ | 08 Feb 2019 | Mark Townsend

Posted on 02/09/2019 4:43:31 PM PST by blueplum

Jackie Bradley Jr. is one of three Boston Red Sox players to publicly state he will not be present when his teammates visit President Donald Trump at the White House this spring.

Now the Gold Glove outfielder is taking to social media to explain his decision. Or perhaps more accurately, to correct people who he says incorrectly assumed his decision was politically or racially motivated.

In a message posted to Twitter on Friday, Bradley adamantly states that politics didn’t play a role in his decision. He goes as far as to state it didn’t matter if it was Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in office, he wouldn’t be going regardless...

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: boston; jackiebradley; redsocks; whitehouse
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To: shelterguy

We either. Last NBA game I saw in Seattle back in the ‘90s and I said enough of this crap. I have never wasted a dime on the NFL. We went to a Braves game in the A-T-L about 8 or 9 years ago. It rained. The Braves starter got knocked out in the 2d inning, and the Washington pitcher, Strassburg got tossed in the 2d or 3d inning for throwing at one of the Braves batter. It was a long, wet, BORING game and we left in the top of the 8th and called it a night.


21 posted on 02/09/2019 5:35:17 PM PST by RetiredArmy (We are in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! Do U know Him?)
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To: digger48

Bradley was a rookie in 2017. He wasn’t on the team when they won in 2013.


22 posted on 02/09/2019 5:36:52 PM PST by Simon Foxx
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To: Simon Foxx

I retract the above comment and officially confess to being a MAROON who is (apparently) incapable of using Google properly. (Or remembering the names of various Red Sox outfielders off the top of his head).


23 posted on 02/09/2019 5:38:34 PM PST by Simon Foxx
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To: Simon Foxx

I was just going by his own comment in the article


24 posted on 02/09/2019 5:42:45 PM PST by digger48
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To: blueplum

An absolute blast to watch play center field. Can run down almost anything and makes the extremely difficult seem routine. A cannon for an arm is a nice touch also.


25 posted on 02/09/2019 5:55:55 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: Simon Foxx

Play 37 games with them in 2013, and in 2010 went with ncaa champs South Carolina.


26 posted on 02/09/2019 5:58:00 PM PST by MAGA1975
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To: blueplum

Get rid of this stupid crap of inviting winning sports teams to the WH. Really, who cares?


27 posted on 02/09/2019 6:01:37 PM PST by KevinB (If I'm ever arrested, I'm switching parties.)
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To: digger48
He went twice when Obama was there, so let’s just conclude he hates white people.

Who doesn't?

28 posted on 02/09/2019 6:04:34 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Simon Foxx

The only Red Sox World Series win that was BIG - 2004 !!!!


29 posted on 02/09/2019 6:08:03 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: blueplum
MLB's Best Outfield Entering The 2019 Season:
Betts, Bradley Jr. & Benintendi

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30 posted on 02/09/2019 6:09:26 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: blueplum
He goes as far as to state it didn’t matter if it was Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in office, he wouldn’t be going regardless.

Well, they're both white.

31 posted on 02/09/2019 6:10:24 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: yarddog

Is there a minor-league club near you? Minor-league ball is fun.


32 posted on 02/09/2019 6:11:30 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Simon Foxx

He was with the 2013 team. Here is his Baseball Reference page:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bradlja02.shtml


33 posted on 02/09/2019 6:15:26 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: sparklite2
I sure don’t, but I’ve given up on deciding what other people should be interested in.

His self-importance is showing.

34 posted on 02/09/2019 6:16:28 PM PST by teletech
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Bump


35 posted on 02/09/2019 6:29:14 PM PST by foreverfree
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To: blueplum

I’ve been on pins and needles this whole time.
Wait, WHO?


36 posted on 02/09/2019 6:44:40 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: blueplum

So, just don’t go.

What is the purpose to announce your decision to the world?


37 posted on 02/09/2019 7:30:51 PM PST by hattend
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To: blueplum

I can see where a professional player with a .238 lifetime average, and a whopping .234 in 2018, along with a .283 runs production (runs scored and Runs batted in by times at bat) would be embarrassed to go see the president to get congratulated for doing so little to win the championship. Anyone with any class would be embarrassed, too. Stay home, you don’t deserve the honor.

rwood


39 posted on 02/09/2019 8:37:14 PM PST by Redwood71
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To: blueplum

Heck, I’m still trying to figure out how the Democrats invited Illegal Invaders to the SOTU Speech.

When I saw POTUS Bush in a Private VIP Meeting at CPAC way back when, I had to be checked out by the Secret Service which included them being given my Social Security Number a Month prior to the Event and answering other personal questions they requested.


40 posted on 02/09/2019 8:45:02 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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