Donald Trump heaps huge praise on Shohei Ohtani during Dodgers visit to White House

Donald Trump celebrated with the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House and praised their talisman, Shohei Ohtani for his performances.

Donald Trump heaps huge praise on Shohei Ohtani during Dodgers visit to White House

Shohei Ohtani and Donald Trump (Image via CTV News/X/@TalkinBaseball)

The Los Angeles Dodgers visited the White House on Monday before taking on the Washington Nationals. As the 2024 World Series winners, they were invited to celebrate their historic moment with US President Donald Trump. During this, Trump heaped huge praise on the 2024 National League MVP, Shohei Ohtani.

The visit of the Dodgers to the White House came a few days after the Department of Defense (DoD) controversy regarding MLB Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson. The DoD page of him was removed following the Trump administration’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) purge. After a massive public outrage, the page was restored.

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While some fans were not happy with the Dodgers accepting the invite, the team followed through their plan and paid him a visit. During this visit Trump spoke about the 50-50 milestone of Ohtani and shook hands with him. Before this, Trump joked about Ohtani and expressed that he looked like a “movie star.“

Ohtani become the first player in MLB history to record 50 home runs and have 50 stolen bases in the regular season. He thus founded the 50-50 club. He accomplished this feat in a game against the Miami Marlins where he wen 6-for-6 with 3 home runs.

He became the first ever member of the 50-50 club. Hitting 54 home runs and 59 steals, an accomplishment unparalleled in 149 years of Major League Baseball. Think of that, that’s just incredible.

Donald Trump said on Shohei Ohtani during the White House

This milestone and the World Series triumph against the New York Yankees saw Ohtani clinch his third unanimous MVP title.

Donald Trump rubs salt on wound of Boston Red Sox with Mookie Betts trade during White House visit

During the Los Angeles Dodgers’ White House visit and meeting with Donald Trump, the Boston Red Sox caught a massive stray. The US President spoke on the trade regarding Mookie Betts and claimed he was right to think that it was not a good trade.

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Mookie Betts and Donald Trump (Image via Imago)

Betts made a huge name for himself in the American League with the Red Sox. He was part of the 2018 team who beat the Dodgers in the World Series. However, in 2020, the Boston-based outfit made a surprising trade.

They would give away their All-Star in exchange of Alex Verdugo, Jeter Downs and Connor Wong. The latter is the only one still in Boston. Whereas, Betts won the World Series in his first season with the team in 2020. After shaking hands with him, Trump spoke on the trade.

I don’t want to say I watched him when he was in Boston, but I did. I didn’t think that was a particularly good trade when they made it, and I happened to be right.

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Since his move to LA, Betts has earned 4 more All-Star appearances and claimed two more World Series rings. As for the Red Sox, the team have struggled in recent years and have failed to make the postseason in each of their last 3 seasons.

LA Dodgers drop 3rd game of season following 6-4 loss against Nationals

The Los Angeles Dodgers made the trip to the US Capital following their first series loss this year. In the 3 game series against the Philadelphia Phillies, the reigning champions dropped 2 of the 3 games. On Monday after visiting the White House, the team lost their 3rd game of the season.

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Dave Roberts’ team has lost 3 of their last 4 games (Image via Imago)

The Dodgers gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the 2nd inning following two poor defensive play by the team. A 2-run home run by Shohei Ohtani in the top of the 3rd inning leveled the game at 2-2.

A 2-run home run from James Wood in the 7th inning followed by a RBI double by Alex Call extended the Nationals lead to 6-2. The Dodgers did get two runs back to make it 6-4 but were unable to avoid a third defeat of the season.

With the San Diego Padres winning 5-4 against the Athletics and the San Francisco Giants losing 0-2 against the Cincinnati Reds, the Dodgers dropped down to third in the National League West standings.