Dodgers World Series visit highlights historic repeat championship

President Donald Trump welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers and star Shohei Ohtani to the White House to celebrate back-to-back World Series titles, praising the team as a premier global brand and lauding Ohtani as one of baseball’s greatest two-way players, comparing him to Babe Ruth. Attendance noted that Mookie Betts skipped the visit and that White House ceremonies with sports teams have occasionally sparked controversy over such invitations.