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We should be able to live our lives without devices draining our attention and marketing our data. Also, baseball has always been about collectables. I have beautiful tickets from my visit to Yankee stadium. Why are you flattening life by making everything smartphone centric? I want the freedom in future to purchase a non-addictive, internet-free phone. That should be an option.
Zach supported: Bring Back Physical and Printable MLB TicketsAs a lifelong (since 1964) Cubs and more recent Dodgers (since 2000) fan, I respect the tradition and history of baseball. The torpedo bat “cheapens” the game, making it easier to hit in general and hit home runs in particular. Yes, some changes have worked out (e.g., designated hitter, making slides safer for fielders, and the pitch clock), this one strikes me as an unnecessary attempt to inject more offense. “Damn” the torpedo bats!
Steve supported: Ban the Torpedo Bat!My son tore a ligament in his hand last fall. A thumb guard was recommended by his Dr in order to get back into playing. This ban is uneducated and short sighted. But again, there have been several questionable decisions by LLI in recent years. They have been adamant about specific bats and gear to wear for safety. This piece if equipment is more for preventing injuries and safety. It does nothing to "enhance" the bat.
Jessica supported: Victory Update: Little League Updates 2026 Rules to Permit Thumb ProtectorsIn 50 years, will you really be proud to be standing in a picture with a man whose policies, actions, and values are so anti-American and anti-democracy? This is not just left vs. right anymore. This is about upholding the tenets of our government vs. dismantling them. A visit to the White House signals that the Dodgers organization does not see or care about the gravity of our current administration. Your fan base is filled with people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, women, and people of middle class and low-income families. I can almost guarantee you that the majority of those people will view a cordial visit to the White House as a slap in the face. You are the organization of Jackie Robinson, Hideo Nomo, Sandy Koufax, and the first pride night in the MLB. You are better than this. As a native Angeleno and lifelong Dodger fan, please, I beg you, show a little spine and stand by the values that make me proud to be a Dodger fan.
Josie supported: Urge Los Angeles Dodgers to Cancel Their White House VisitThe Trump administration is seeking to ban a Jackie Robinson biography from the U.S. Naval Academy library, under an executive order aimed at eliminating material that promotes diversity and equity. This is the same Jackie Robinson who risked his life for this country, was court-martialed for refusing to accept segregation, and went on to break baseball’s color barrier with the Dodgers' support. That the Dodgers would shake hands with the very administration attempting to erase that history is painful and bewildering. This visit, planned a week before Jackie Robinson Day, feels especially contradictory. To honor his memory while standing beside those who would silence his story sends a message that cannot be ignored.
Andrew supported: Urge Los Angeles Dodgers to Cancel Their White House VisitWithin the past week the current administration made the move to remove the biography of Jackie Robinson from the naval academy in an effort to get rid of DEI. This is not an isolated incident. The current administration is doing everything it can do to get rid of any trace of DEI also known as diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Dodgers are the team that first signed an African American player, the team that allowed a Jewish pitcher to skip game 1 of the World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur, the team that brought an entire race of supporters back with a Mexican pitcher, and the team that opened the door to Japanese talent to make the move to the Major Leagues. Additionally the 2024 World Series team featured players born in many different countries including the United States, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Japan, and Venezuela, while players born in the United States represent many different national teams such as Canada, Mexico, South Korea, and of course the United States. Given all of this it is clear that diversity is not a weakness like the current administration suggests, but a strength.
Diversity being our strength is the exact reason the Dodgers should skip the White House visit. I understand that it is tradition but there is precedent for skipping. Current Dodger Mookie Betts made the choice to skip the White House visit after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2018 and the Philadelphia Eagles as a team skipped the visit after they won the Super Bowl in 2018. As a fan that recognizes that diversity is the strength of not just the Dodgers but baseball in general I implore the 2024 Dodgers to skip the White House visit and instead visit the Negro League Museum when they visit Kansas City to play the Royals because diversity is what makes baseball baseball.
Joaquin supported: Urge Los Angeles Dodgers to Cancel Their White House VisitI love baseball and the Dodgers, but I strongly ask that the Los Angeles Dodgers to reconsider their decision to visit the White House. The current administration has constantly made derogatory and disrespectful comments to California. In addition, the president constantly spews hate and racist remarks about minorities, LGBTQ, and other underrepresented groups. Visiting the White House will cause further division between your organization and fans. As an alternative, I suggest a visiting a more historical site such as the Lincoln Memorial or the U.S. Capitol. Again please reconsider your trip to the White House.
Chenson supported: Urge Los Angeles Dodgers to Cancel Their White House VisitAs a Japanese American, I have always loved that the Dodgers have a long history of championing diversity. From Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela to Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers have always highlighted that stars can come from anywhere independent of their race, religion, creed, or nationality. To see that someone who looks like you playing at the highest level in baseball has always felt like it made me more American and more proud to be American.
The current administration seems hellbent on erasing the fact that diversity is not only a strength of our country, but a necessity. This is to me not only one of the virtues of the Dodgers organization, but a cornerstone. Today, it starts with erasing history, removing the contributions of one of the greatest baseball players and Americans in history, Jackie Robinson, but who knows where it will end.
I urge the organization to think about what it will mean to all the fans and the rest of the country for the team to make the visit and to make the right choice. Even if it means still going and protesting by wearing Jackie's uniform, stand by what you say you stand for.
Justin supported: Urge Los Angeles Dodgers to Cancel Their White House VisitI have been a Dodgers fan since 1959. I will not support the team anymore if it colludes with the Trump administration. Going to the White House is a political act in front of the entire nation.
Kenneth supported: Urge Los Angeles Dodgers to Cancel Their White House Visit"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right." - MLK, Jr.
It's not about politics, it's not about the team, it's about what's right. And the answer to that is pretty simple. You’ve betrayed so many of us fans, Baseball and the Dodgers, the team I have loved for 50 of my 65 years on Earth, has been the one escape I have found from these really difficult times, that joy has now been thwarted. Unless somebody steps up with an apology, I have to follow the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. and follow my conscience. I cannot support a team that happily shook hands with a felon, a sexual predator, a man who is turning my country into his own fascist regime and making billions of dollars off of the suffering of children and women and minorities who built this nation into what used to be the greatest country in the world. Shame on all of you.
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