(KTLA) — The 2024 World Series Champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, were honored by President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday before opening a series with the Washington Nationals.
“That is a very good-looking group of people,” Trump said as he began his remarks. “I want to congratulate you on a legendary season.”
The president took time specifically honoring several members of the 2024 championship club, including National League Championship Series MVP Tommy Edman; World Series MVP Freddie Freeman; shortstop Mookie Betts, who declined to visit the White House after winning the 2018 World Series with Boston, and league MVP Shohei Ohtani.
“In all of baseball history, only six players have ever hit 40 home runs and stolen 40 bases in a single season,” Trump said. “(Ohtani) shattered all of those records last year … and he did something even more because he became the first member of the 50-50 club. Hitting 54 home runs and 59 steals: an accomplishment unparallel in 149 years of Major League Baseball.”
After the ceremony, Trump gave the team a tour of the West Wing, including a stop in the Oval Office.