Who pays for these silly ceremonies?
The White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said in an interview that it's the expense of the team to fly everyone to DC and transport them to the White House.
A lot of animosity might be brought on ozzie's relatives who live in Venezuela is he shows up to the White House now. Caracus is a dangerous place, relatives of highly paid, high profile major league players have to be careful, a Detroit pitcher's mother was kidnapped last summer in Venezuela. Because ozzie already was at the White House two years ago, he has a convenient excuse not to go this time around and spare his extended family any future repercussions.
I think it's the radical MSM trying to make ozzie's decision not to attend a slight on President Bush. The airwaves and rags in Chicago are playing it as an anti-Bush memont.
Too bad, when adults act like juveniles and take away the fun of sports from the kids and everyone else who want the game to be free from MSM political propaganda.