BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox are going to the White House.
Speaking to reporters at the Emerson Colonial Theatre on Monday night, Red Sox president Sam Kennedy announced that the Red Sox have accepted the invitation from President Donald Trump to visit the White House following their World Series title run in October. Arrangements have yet to be made.
Manager Alex Cora told reporters he would use his platform in “the right way,” echoing his past sentiments stemming from his negative feelings toward Trump after the president’s previous attempt to discredit the number of deaths in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria.
Trump again appeared to rub Cora the wrong way during the World Series, when he used Twitter to shame Dodgers manager Dave Roberts for his decision to remove Rich Hill from Game 4 after 91 pitches in the seventh inning.
Told that Trump criticized Roberts, Cora appeared annoyed and said, “Dave Roberts is a good manager.”
After the playoffs ended, Cora was asked if he would plan on attending the White House.
“I’ve been using this platform the right way the whole time,” Cora said. “We’ll talk about it as an organization. Whatever we decide is going to be respected. If we decide to go, I will use my platform the right way. I mean, if you start looking at this team we’ve got guys from the United States and from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico. So I’ll use the platform the right way.
“Like I said before, and I know the headlines don’t show it, I said I respect the president of the United States and I know he helped our country. So whenever we have to make that decision we’ll make it and it’s going to be respected.”
