Posted on 03/15/2025 5:29:19 AM PDT by Libloather
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series, securing their second title in the last five seasons after the 2020 title. Since that 2020 win came during an election year, the team made the traditional ceremonial visit to the White House under the Biden Administration. Though it's unclear if Joe Biden knew who the Dodgers were, where he was at the time, or what sport the team plays.
As the 2024 title also came in an election year, the Dodgers should now be set to visit the White House under the second Trump administration. And some opinion writers are very, very unhappy about it.
An article recently published in the Los Angeles Times made the case that the Dodgers should decline the invitation to the White House because it's coming from Donald Trump. And because Los Angeles County has a lot of Democrats in it. Seriously.
"So what should we expect the hometown World Series champs to do in 2025?" wrote Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier. "The logical time for a Trump-Dodgers rapprochement would be in just about a month, when Los Angeles will be headed to Washington to play the Nationals starting April 7. Don’t bet on it."
"All in all, it’s hard to imagine the Dodgers agreeing to a celebratory photo op with the president right now," they continue. "Los Angeles is not just Dodger blue, but Democrat blue. The president lost L.A. County by 33 percentage points. In his feuds with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Trump has threatened to withhold fire disaster funds without concessions… The World Champion Dodgers should stand up to, not next to, the president."
All because some left-wing voters and maybe a few players can decide for the whole team, even if some players, like say, reliever Blake Treinen, would be...
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Gee, it doesn’t sound like they are just reporting the news.
That’ll show Trump!
Who cares?
They will accept the invitation. The writer hear needs to take a good laxitive and realize that even their states’s stinking governor knows he is going to have to do a better job at appearing more down to earth and normal to fool people.
Come on. The players want to go to the White House for the recognition.
Nobody gives AF if an MLB team - or some nobody reporter - wants to pout and stomp their feet re: Trump.
The vast majority of Americans know nothing about MLB. The reporter and his failing LA rag don’t even exist.
No official anybody from California should visit the White House.
In the overall scheme of things, it really just doesn’t matter.
Well, I can’t disagree. 😏
Before everyone starts trashing CA’s citizenry...
Folks, if CA is so true blue, why does Deep State have to steal their elections?
It even stole LA’s...
“...The contest was a virtual dead heat on Election Night. Caruso pulled slightly ahead last Thursday, but since then Bass gained a steady lead....”
Think about that.
Deep State had to steal LA’s.
Blue, my butt.
Sacramento is Deep State.
Not CA’s voters.
From his Wikipedia page: “Peter Dreier is an American urban policy analyst, author, self-described democratic socialist”
That’s one way to put it.
Being snubbed by a bunch of fat baseball players will leave a mark. NOT
I guess the opinion writer missed the reaction of Trump attending the Super Bowl and Daytona 500. Or the opinion writer could have a rectally oriented cranium.
Do it. Then lose any fans other than left wing nuts.
I watched not a minute of MLB last year. I suppose I read somewhere the Dodgers won but it’s long gone from my memory.
Yet another undeclared campaign contribution from a gaslight media outlet to the Democrat party. That’s supposed to be against the law, or something.
President Trump will be able to Dodge the Dodgers if the Dodgers Dodge?
Dodge ... Brothers ...
How many Dodgers could a Dodger Dodge if a Dodger Dodged Dodgers?
Is that like Googling “Google”?
What’s our GMO bread without our stylized-war circuses?
For me, cancelling all of that crap is on the table. Cancelled by the white house.
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