r/baseball • u/jmike1256 Los Angeles Dodgers • Jul 12 '26

Players Only Mookie Betts will skip White House visit, citing desire to spend time with family instead. "If I do [go], people are gonna hate me. If I don't, people are gonna hate me," he said. "So instead of trying to make everyone else happy, I'm gonna think about myself and my family."

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u/Ledees_Gazpacho New York Yankees Jul 12 '26

So he went last year, but isn’t going this year.

Dude, either own it or don’t. You’re never going to make everyone happy. At least go down with your own principles.

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u/TakeAMichigander Chicago Cubs Jul 12 '26

No, you see, he's playing both sides

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u/ricki692 Atlanta Braves Jul 12 '26

i wouldnt disagree with you if this administration werent the most black and white (literally) evil it can almost possibly be. there is nothing grey about it

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u/fender1878 Los Angeles Dodgers Jul 13 '26

That’s your opinion man. Stop acting like your opinion is black and white fact.

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u/ricki692 Atlanta Braves Jul 13 '26

gotta love the right wing contrarian too scared to show comment history. theres no use wasting more time on clowns like you

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u/Ledees_Gazpacho New York Yankees Jul 12 '26

You sound like a coward.