Dodgers' Trump visit decision sends fans spiraling

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The Los Angeles Dodgers took heat on Tuesday after the club announced it would visit President Donald Trump at the White House to celebrate their 2024 World Series title.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called it a "great honor" to be able to go to the White House.

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Fans await the start of the Los Angeles Dodgers 2024 World Series Championship parade in Downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2024. (Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images)

"It wasn't a formal conversation that we had as a ballclub," he said, via ESPN. "It's certainly a huge honor to get the invitation to the White House. It allows us to celebrate our 2024 championship. To my understanding, every World Series champion gets that honor, so it's a great honor for all of us."

In 2019, Roberts suggested to the Los Angeles Times he would skip a White House visit after Trump criticized Roberts during the 2018 World Series for making a pitching change.

Regardless of what changed, MLB fans criticized the team.

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Other fans were irked by the decision because a webpage honoring Jackie Robinson was removed from a Defense Department website dedicated to athletes who served in the military last week.

A Defense official told OutKick the page was deleted because of human error in the race to meet a DEI deadline.

Fans watch from an overpass during the 2024 World Series championship parade for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2024. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

The Dodgers said they would make their White House visit on April 7, when the team is