president Donald Trump The Los Angeles Dodgers have been welcomed to the White House to celebrate the 2024 World Series Championship with the New York Yankees.
When Trump promoted the achievements of his team and its star players, he took a small jab for a deal with the Boston Red Sox Mookie Betts To the Dodgers before the 2020 season. Since then, the Dodgers have won two World Series titles with Betts on their team, and are poised to run again in 2025.
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President Donald Trump will greet Mookie Betts on Monday, April 7, 2025 at a ceremony to honor Major League Baseball 2024 Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump has confirmed the Dodgers’ deal.
“Mookie Betts, he’s fine,” Trump said before waving the star player. “That guy can’t play, he can’t believe it, he can’t believe it. I don’t want to say I saw him when he was in Boston, but I did.
“When they made it, I didn’t think it was a particularly good deal and I happened to be right.”
President Trump is a fan of the New York Yankees and mentioned it during his speech. He also spoke about the difficulty of sitting next to Yankees owner George Steinbrenner during the game.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, Left, Center, and Clayton Kershaw Show Show will speak at a ceremony where President Donald Trump will speak at a ceremony in Washington, DC on Monday, April 7, 2025 to honor the Major League Baseball 2024 World Series Champion Team in the Eastern White House. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Boston traded Betts and David Price for the Dodgers on February 10, 2020 for Jeter Downs, Alex Verdgo and Conor Wong. Wong is still with the Red Sox, while Downs played for the Yankees last season with Verdugo playing for the Yankees and are currently on the Atlanta Braves ’40 roster.
Red Sox He won the World Series for the last time in 2018, with both Betts and Price being held on the team. The former pitcher retired from baseball in 2022.
The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate batter Dodgers #17, #17, #17, on Monday, April 7, 2025, after a two-run home run against teammate Mookie Betts, #50 in three innings of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals in Washington, DC (AP photo/Nick Wash)
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Betts was 1-4 in the RBI against the Washington Nationals on Monday night. He has hit .306 on three home runs so far this year.
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