Championship Team Finalizes Date For White House Visit

The Los Angeles Dodgers will visit the White House on July 23 to celebrate the franchise’s back-to-back World Series championships.

“President Trump is excited to welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers BACK to the White House to celebrate their World Series championship!” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said in a statement, according to The New York Times.

“LA wasn’t able to make it to the White House during their series vs the Nationals earlier in the season and re-scheduled,” Dodgers Nation noted.

The Dodgers will be visiting the White House on July 23 to celebrate their 2025 World Series title, according to @ByJackHarris

LA wasn’t able to make it to the White House during their series vs the Nationals earlier in the season and re-scheduled. pic.twitter.com/8qA7xZjTyw

— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) July 9, 2026

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The team released a statement Thursday, saying, “As was the case one year ago, the Dodgers’ upcoming visits to the White House and Capitol Hill follow the longtime tradition of visits by other World Series champions. We appreciate these tributes in recognition of our back-to-back championships.”

This will be the Dodgers’ third trip to the White House this decade. They were the first professional sports team to visit the White House under President Joe Biden’s administration, celebrating their 2020 title on July 2, 2021.

“The Dodgers are a lot more than a baseball club; they really are,” President Biden said. “They’re a pillar of American culture and American progress, and that’s for real — the team that brought us the voice of Vin Scully, and the arm of Sandy Koufax and Fernando Valenzuela and above all else, the heart of Jackie Robinson. Now you’re building a new dynasty for a new generation.”

The Dodgers won the 2025 World Series after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in a wild Game 7.

In 2024, the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4-1.

The Dodgers plan to celebrate their second-straight World Series title at the White House later this month, per @californiapost.

The club will stop in D.C. during a nine-game East Coast road swing after their series with the Phillies. pic.twitter.com/Ivvq8ZE6Hp

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) July 9, 2026

Fox News shared further:

The visit will not come easily to some — shortly after winning the Fall Classic, an immigration rights group pleaded with the team not to visit again.

“The Los Angeles Dodgers have always been more than a baseball team — they’re part of the spirit of who we are as a city. The team represents our neighborhoods, our families, and our shared love for our diverse communities. But right now, our community, our city are under siege, we need them to stand with us, on the right side of history,” the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) wrote in an online petition.

“Ask the team to honor the unity, integrity and diversity they themselves represent. They cannot stay silent as our families and neighbors face violence, detention, and deportation. By visiting a president who has used his power to harm the most vulnerable, the team would be turning its back on the very people who fill the stadiums, wear the jerseys, and give this team its heart. By encouraging the team to do the right thing, we will show the White House that Los Angeles stands for compassion, dignity, and solidarity with their immigrant neighbors.”

Hard-throwing reliever Brusdar Graterol, along with some others, missed out on the celebration last year, which celebrated the 2024 title. Graterol opted to stay at “my brown house.” Freddie Freeman did not attend while he had been on the injured list at the time, but several injured players like Clayton Kershaw, Gavin Stone, Michael Kopech and Michael Grove were there.

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Meanwhile, outfielder Mookie Betts decided to go last year after opting out of the trip with the Boston Red Sox in 2019.

“This is not about me; I don’t want anything to be about me. This is about the Dodgers. Because these boys were there for me,” Betts said, via the Los Angeles Times.

Betts said he regretted not making the trip in 2019, which manager Alex Cora and pitcher David Price also skipped, saying he felt he was a distraction. Cora recently admitted he skipped out on meeting Trump because he wanted to prioritize his home of Puerto Rico. When the Red Sox visited the White House in May 2019, Puerto Rico was still recovering from the destruction of Hurricane Maria in 2017, and Cora wasn’t satisfied with the federal government’s response.

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