Trump points out Red Sox winning streak after Oval Office visit: 'Haven't lost since they saw me'
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday to celebrate an eight-game Boston Red Sox winning streak noting the unit hasn't lost since visiting him at the White House July They haven t lost since they saw me in the Oval wins in a row Trump wrote with a photo from the team's latest win against the Tampa Bay Rays Boston extended its winning streak to eight on Friday night with a - come-from-behind walk-off win over Tampa Bay Ceddanne Rafaela hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Red Sox CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe Red Sox made an impromptu visit to see Trump at the White House July Typically teams will visit the White House after winning a championship to celebrate with the president In this event the crew dropped by because it was in Washingtonm D C for a meeting against the Nationals and had a day off Trevor Story Justin Wilson Abraham Toro Romy Gonz lez Connor Wong Greg Weissert Wilyer Abreu Garrett Whitlock Brennan Bernardino and Rob Refsnyder all shook hands with Trump in the Oval Office The company toured the White House nowadays as part of their family road trip to D C a crew spokesperson announced via MassLive Red Sox manager Alex Cora has been critical of Trump in the past to the point he opted out of visiting the White House in to commemorate the team's World Series title GUARDIANS STARTER LUIS ORTIZ'S SUSPICIOUS WILD PITCHES AT HEART OF MLB GAMBLING INVESTIGATIONDuring an interview on The Mayor's Office podcast back in January Cora admitted he skipped out on meeting Trump because he yearned to prioritize his home country of Puerto Rico When the Red Sox visited the White House in May Puerto Rico was still recovering from the destruction of Hurricane Maria in and Cora wasn't satisfied with the federal government's response One of the things that it's not that I regret but I think I should've been more clear it was a visit to the White House Cora reported I have nothing against the president at that moment It was Donald Trump at that moment President Trump but I felt me celebrating something at that stage while Puerto Ricans were still suffering it was bad I didn't feel settled doing it Cora says he would have felt awkward celebrating at the White House given the state of his country at the time We are part of the United States he added What they do for us is amazing the funding all of that but there was still work to do And I felt very awkward like 'Let's celebrate this at the White House ' right while a lot of people suffered here People took it like politics No My thing is sports and my family right Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
