PHILADELPHIA — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts announced Friday he will accompany the team for their visit to the White House next week, when President Trump will recognize the club’s 2024 World Series title.
There had been uncertainty over Betts’ decision, given he declined to go to the White House with the Boston Red Sox in 2019, during Trump’s first term as president. He did go to the White House with the Dodgers in 2021, when President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed the club after their 2020 championship.
When the Dodgers announced this year’s visit last month — they will go to the White House on Monday before their series opener against the Washington Nationals — Betts had initially said he was undecided about whether he would participate.