The Boston Red Sox visited Donald Trump today (watch above), but it sure was a swing and a miss by the White House.
Strike 1: A typo in the official daily WH schedule called them the Red Socks. Yikes.
White House Website Welcomes 'The Boston Red Socks' @RedSox @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/UBqf2ja1hH pic.twitter.com/xrZ90JMP6X
— WBZ | CBS News Boston (@wbz) May 9, 2019
Strike 2: Later the communications office sent out the transcript of the event declaring the Sox “World Cup Series Champions.” The world cup, of course, refers to soccer.
After the Red "Socks" gaffe earlier, the White House declared the team the “World Cup Series” champions in a separate e-mail sent afterward. https://t.co/GzV5plgx4u #RedSox pic.twitter.com/dkpFote2xu
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) May 9, 2019
Strike 3: Several Red Sox players boycotted the event along with Manager Alex Cora.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora says he skipped the White House visit today because of Pres. Trump’s response to Hurricane Maria https://t.co/aYIcGo5zvO pic.twitter.com/HhkAa3tH9l
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 9, 2019
The players who joined him in boycotting the White House were either Latino or African-American, and included Mookie Betts, the reigning American League Most Valuable Player, and David Price, whose pitching during the World Series was central to Boston’s victory.
Mr. Trump’s hard-line immigration policies and his harsh comments about countries in Latin America have rankled a number of baseball players in a sport where an increasing number of players are Latino, with the most from the Dominican Republic or Venezuela.
“I made the choice not to go because, as we know, the president has said a lot of stuff about Mexico,” said Hector Velazquez, a pitcher who is Mexican.
https://twitter.com/dabeard/status/1126482606269267969