LA Times Sports Writers Urge Dodgers to Ditch White House Visit: Trump Has 'Declared War on Its Fan Base'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Feb 7th, 2026, 2:54 pm


Two prominent Los Angeles Times sports reporters have urged the world-champion Dodgers to skip the customary trip to the White House, with veteran columnist Bill Plaschke saying it is necessary after President Donald Trump has “declared war on its fan base.”

Plaschke made his case in the Friday edition of the paper. He argued in his column — titled “Just say no! Dodgers players should decline White House visit” — that this was an issue that went beyond politics. “This is about asking them to be people,” he said.

And the Dodgers cannot be good people if they go to the White House while Trump carries out his raids on illegal immigrants, Plaschke said. He argued the organization should say, “No, they will not support the ICE raids that are taking place daily just outside their clubhouse doors.”

Plaschke said it was already an issue last year when the Dodgers opted to visit the president following their World Series win in late 2024. Things have only gotten worse since then, he said — and would make a White House trip look terrible.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/la-times-sports-writers-urge-dodgers-to-ditch-white-house-visit-trump-has-declared-war-on-its-fan-base/

[chicoescuela]

1. They're the f-ing Dodgers and they'll do whatever they want.

Similar to tsf but their realm is baseball.

[Henry203]

2. Baseball players are republicans

and probably trumpers.

[usonian]

3. Mixed opinion. They're millionaires, but soooo many of them are immigrants (oh, oh)

But there must be no accommodation of the fuhrer.


The 49ers suffered the Nick Bosa Curse when Nick Bosa photobombed a Brock Purdy interview with his repulsive hat.
Missed the next season in 2025-2026 with a torn ACL.
Everything Trump touches dies, and anyone who wears the hat inherits his stain of his crimes.

[C Moon]

4. Good for the L.A. Times.

But I've been pissed at the Times since the 2016 election—they tried to make him look like a respectable presidential candidate. It just made me sick how they glossed over everything. Even back then he was a friggin' ahole nut.