David Price Won't Attend Red Sox's White House Visit
Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price reportedly will not visit the White House with his team on May 9.
Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported the news, noting the southpaw simply said, "It's baseball season" when asked about the decision. Heyman pointed out Price is far from the only one on the team who will not be celebrating 2018's World Series title at the White House; Mookie Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr., Rafael Devers and Hector Velazquez also said they will not be in attendance.
Velazquez is a native of Mexico and pointed to President Donald Trump's comments about his home country when explaining why he will not visit the White House.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora has not publicly revealed if he will attend and had previously pointed to Trump's treatment of his native Puerto Rico as one reason he was undecided.
Whether sports champions would visit the White House or not has been a constant theme during Trump's presidency.
Trump tweeted in 2017 that Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry's invitation was withdrawn, which prompted LeBron James to call Trump a "bum":
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