Red Sox have been invited to the White House and have accepted, per Sam Kennedy. Looking at dates now to make something work.
I'm guessing that Alex wasn't the guy filling out the RSVP. That said I'm looking forward to Cora discussing Puerto Rico with POTUS.Cora's first mistake since I don't know when.
Yup. Also a bit surprised. I'll be curious to see who goes.Disappointed with this decision.
Cora seems like the kind of guy that will use this to bring publicity to something important to him.I'm guessing that Alex wasn't the guy filling out the RSVP. That said I'm looking forward to Cora discussing Puerto Rico with POTUS.
That's where I'm at. This does not preclude individual players from making their own decisions and/or statements.Eh, I wouldn't love the idea of the ownership or coach making a unilateral decision not to go. Allow individual players to make that decision if they choose, but don't impose it on them.
Yeah, there's a good argument to be made for the team making the decision to go, because it's probably less divisive for individual players to take a pass when the team has said yes than for individual players to go on their own when the team has said no. I get that, but I still wish they had taken the less smooth path here.Eh, I wouldn't love the idea of the ownership or coach making a unilateral decision not to go. Allow individual players to make that decision if they choose, but don't impose it on them.
Fucking A. I’ll watch it on television.Good, it’s an honor to go to the White House.
Sometimes I wish the U.S. had a ceremonial head of state with no real political power. Not a king or queen, but like Israel’s president.I've never liked the practice of having championship winning teams going to the WH and was hoping that Trump would be the permanent end of it. But I guess not.
It's basically a photo-op for the President. Not really even something celebrating the winning team.Who the President is shouldn’t matter. It’s the White House that counts. Look at the Bush ceremony today in the Capitol. Very powerful. You honor the man. You honor the team.
Yep. I just hope, as someone above indicated, that no player feels under pressure to go if he'd rather not.It's basically a photo-op for the President. Not really even something celebrating the winning team.
I am sure many will.Wonder if any individual players will opt out.
I don't know if there will be many. I try to block out the fact that there are a LOT of conservatives in baseball clubhouses.I am sure many will.
I agree with this, but only if the first and most public person to opt out is Cora himself.Eh, I wouldn't love the idea of the ownership or coach making a unilateral decision not to go. Allow individual players to make that decision if they choose, but don't impose it on them.
Cora has already said he is going and that he will use his platform "the right way".I agree with this, but only if the first and most public person to opt out is Cora himself.
What could that possibly be? This is just a photo opp, not a strategy meeting.Cora has already said he is going and that he will use his platform "the right way".
Couldn't agree more.Good, it’s an honor to go to the White House.
Guess it all depends on how outside the norm you think that whole situation is. Speaking for myself, I'd gladly have the proverbial beer with W., and didn't think twice when the Sox went there when they won in the past. I would not smile and shake that guy's hand though, and was hoping the Red Sox felt the same. Just mho.Should players or people for that matter only accept invitations from people with whom their political beliefs align? Or just maybe people understand each other just a little bit better if they are in a room together.
Cora seems like the kind of guy that will use this to bring publicity to something important to him.
Bingo. It sure sounds like he wants to use the platform to speak to the WH about Puerto Rico ("four million people"). Good for him.Cora has already said he is going and that he will use his platform "the right way".
Goddammit I came here to say exactly this.Are the Sox going to present POTUS with an honorary 45 jersey or will they slip him a 38? Or neither?
I need to go lie down.Are the Sox going to present POTUS with an honorary 45 jersey or will they slip him a 38? Or neither?
If they present the #45 I hope Pedro then runs out from the side and throws #45 down a la Zimmer. Then the camera cuts to Tim McCarver who is somehow in the media crowd, clutching his pearls with a quivering upper lip.Are the Sox going to present POTUS with an honorary 45 jersey or will they slip him a 38? Or neither?
POTUS is a Tony Renda fan?Are the Sox going to present POTUS with an honorary 45 jersey or will they slip him a 38? Or neither?
This reflects how I feel about it.Guess it all depends on how outside the norm you think that whole situation is. Speaking for myself, I'd gladly have the proverbial beer with W., and didn't think twice when the Sox went there when they won in the past. I would not smile and shake that guy's hand though, and was hoping the Red Sox felt the same. Just mho.