Boston Red Sox (not Boston Red Socks) ready for White House visit

[George II]

Source: Washington Post

By Cindy Boren May 9 at 1:12 PM
Watch the ceremony here live at 3:45 p.m. Eastern.

The day of the Boston Red Sox’ visit with President Trump started off with a gaffe, with the White House website’s schedule noting “President Trump Welcomes the 2018 World Series Champions The Boston Red Socks to the White House.”

By early morning, the White House had remedied the mistake.

The World Series winners will be minus several prominent faces during their trip to Washington. Manager Alex Cora, a native of Puerto Rico, decided not to attend because of Trump’s stance toward aid for the island since it was devastated in 2017 by Hurricane Maria. At least nine players also plan to skip the trip, including Mookie Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr., Rafael Devers, Hector Velazquez, Xander Bogaerts, Sandy Leon, Christian Vazquez, Eduardo Nunez and David Price.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/05/09/boston-red-sox-white-house-visit/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.651bbb28ef62

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As they used to say, "you can't make this stuff up"!

[underpants]

1. Like when this WH misspelled British Prime Minister Theresa May's name

Apparently there was a porn star with a very similar name. Minus the h. Whoops.

[Freethinker65]

2. Will they get the fast food buffet?

[Initech]

3. Dinner of champions!!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. Peanuts and Cracker Jax

Flown in fresh from Fenway within a week.

[George II]

23. And after it was over, they sang "We don't care if we ever go back!"

[lagomorph777]

25. Hah!

Bazinga.

[cstanleytech]

29. Trump will probably offer them hot dogs, pretzels and peanuts with beer.

[brush]

4. The much bigger story is that the manager and the players of color are not going.

The manager is Puerto Rican and is declining to go because of trump's treatment of PR, and the players of color are not going either. This could be a potential riff with the POCs on the team and the white players who go.

IMO the white players should have enough sense to show solidarity with the manager and the rest of the team and not go as well. Everyone knows how badly trump treated PR after the hurrican, and it continues and the island still has not recovered.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Really dumb of those attending not to respect their teammates

and also decline the invitation. Boston has some of the most arrogant fans in the country, so if this episode is the beginning of the end of ESPN and FS1 fawning over the Red Sox , it's ok by me.

[brush]

14. Yes. And what are they going to miss if they don't go, a Big Mac and fries?

Their clubhouse spreads are better and more nutricious than cheap ass trump's fast food leavings.

The White House always, at least it used to, have, a great chef who would prepare a feast for visiting championship teams. No one even hears about the chef anymore. Wonder if he/she is still there since trump prefers fast food burgers and KFC.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Cold french fries, anyone?

[George II]

7. I'd forgotten about that "hamberder" thing, thanks!!

[Sanity Claws]

8. Why would anyone go?

I'd skip it not only for the reasons stated by the others (Rump's treatment of PR and lies about it, e.g.) but also because the food stinks. I'd waste an afternoon and still have to find a place to get a decent lunch.

[Blue_Tires]

9. keep shilling, you idiot...

Link to tweet

[George II]

16. Over the years, after moving to New England, I've gradually become a Red Sox fan - mostly....

....because I grew to dislike George Steinbrenner and others with the Yankees organization (that's a long essay in itself!)

Werner wasn't involved, and is probably oblivious to this negative fact, but the Boston Red Sox were the LAST major league baseball team to integrate. It wasn't until 11 years after Jackie Robinson was called up for the Dodgers that the Red Sox called up Pumpsie Green in 1959.

[pat_k]

10. Big Papi weighs in

Gotta love David Ortiz!

Washington Post
David Ortiz backs Alex Cora, Red Sox who are boycotting Trump’s White House
May 8, 2019

Never mind that David Ortiz, as a former member of the Boston Red Sox, wasn’t going to be visiting the White House with the team that won the World Series last year.

He expressed solidarity with Manager Alex Cora and other players who said they will skip Thursday’s visit with President Trump in Washington. And Ortiz did it in the plain-spoken manner he used to lift Bostonians before a Fenway Park game shortly after the Boston Marathon bombing. “This is our f------ city, and nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.”

Ortiz was just as passionate when it comes to visiting Trump.

“I’m an immigrant. When it comes down to the political side of it, I don’t know much about politics and things like that, but when it comes down [to] the way immigrants have been treated, it’s something that goes a long way,” Ortiz, who was born in the Dominican Republic, told WEEI earlier this week. “You don’t want to go and shake hands with a guy who is treating immigrants like [expletive] because I’m an immigrant.”...

Ortiz played for the Red Sox from 2003 until he retired in 2016 and visited George W. Bush in the White House after the team’s 2004 and 2007 championships and Barack Obama after its 2013 championship. In fact, he pulled off a viral Samsung selfie stunt with Obama.

The decision for the 2019 Red Sox appears to be split along racial lines, with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., Rafael Devers, Sandy Leon, Eduardo Nunez, David Price, Christian Vazquez and Hector Velazquez declining to attend the ceremony. The other roughly 20 players, some of whom are on the injured list, have either said they will attend or are presumed to be doing so.

[George II]

11. Yes, he's a great guy and was a great player. I don't think I've ever seen him NOT smiling.

[lillypaddle]

12. Do they realize the feast they are missing out on?

Silly boys.

[brush]

15. The WH used to have a great chef who'd prepare feasts for...

visiting championship teams, wonder if he/she quit in protest since trump prefers hamberders?

[lillypaddle]

21. I haven't heard them mention food for this visit

Do you know if anything was served at all?

[brush]

24. Haven't heard but for the recent visit of the women's basketball...

champs fast food was served yet again. One of the players even ridiculed it on twitter.

[B Stieg]

17. Kudos to Cora and the Reprobate Red Sox!

I'm a Yankees fan, but these gentlemen are exemplary!!!

[George II]

18. I was a fan of the Yankees until George Steinbrenner signed Roger Clemens, then slowly drifted...

...over to the Red Sox, mostly because I reveled in seeing them beat Clemens.

I should say that growing up I was originally a huge fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers, as was my father. He was heartbroken when they moved to Los Angeles.

[B Stieg]

19. My mom, a huge Pee Wee Reese fan, felt the same

Ironically, I was able to get his autograph for her 40 years later during breakfast at Cooperstown before a HoF induction ceremony in the 90's.

[Polybius]

20. Why the title change?

Did you change the title or did TWP change it?

[DesertRat]

22. The WH says they are "World Cup Series Champions"

Link to tweet

[Cha]

28. JHC!

[samnsara]

26. does he do this shit on purpose? he even messed up tigers medal....

...'never go anything good that you dont wanna do again'...

[Cha]

27. Yay for those staying the hell

away from the Psycho's house.

What? They don't want hamberders?