Dodgers celebrate 2024 World Series championship at White House with Trump
Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Clayton Kershaw (L) and owner Mark Walter present President Donald Trump with a jersey during an event in the East Room on Monday celebrating their 2024 World Series championship. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI
April 7 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their 2024 World Series championship in the White House on Monday.
President Donald Trump greeted them in the East Room during a 20-minute ceremony, and then he met with Major League Baseball MVP Shohei Ohtani in the Oval Office.
"He looks like a movie star," Trump after shaking Ohtani's hand in the ceremony that included the Commissioner's Trophy. "He's got a good future, I'm telling you."
President Donald Trump welcomes the Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (L) and the rest of the team during an event in the East Room celebrating the Dodgers' 2024 World Series Championship on Monday. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI
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President Donald Trump welcomes the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House on Monday. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI
Trump called Manager Dave Roberts "one of the greatest managers ever to wear Dodgers blue" and said: "I hope you're going to be back here next year."
The Dodgers are off to a 9-2 start this season. It was an off day for the team before starting a three-game series against the host Washington Nationals.
Their previous championship was in 2020, and President Joe Biden welcomed them on July 2, 2021.
The Dodgers have won eight World Series championships, including one in Brooklyn in 1955 before the franchise moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw presented Trump with a No. 47 Dodgers jersey. Kershaw didn't play in the playoffs because of an injury. They posted for photos.
After the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees, Roberts said he would skip the White House visit.
