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01-18-2017, 03:42 AM
Here's why two players didn't attend the Chicago Cubs' White House visit
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As teams across sports hedge on whether or **t they'll visit the White House (a customary stop for championship teams) during a Trump (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/donald-trump?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) presidency, the Chicago Cubs bypassed the debate altogether (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/cubs-visit-obama-white-house/), squeezing in a visit during President Obama's last week in ******.*
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Obama (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/barack-obama?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) celebrated the Cubs' historic World ****** (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/world-******?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) victory on Monday after**on, while the team showed up with copious amounts of swag for the president including customized Air Jordans (http://mashable.com/2017/01/16/president-barack-obama-air-jordans/), two personalized **. 44 Obama jerseys and a lifetime pass to Wrigley field.*
But two popular players *— starting pitchers Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta — were **ticeably absent, sparking questions of whether they skipped for political reasons. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/17/cubs-white-house-trump-lester-arrieta/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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As teams across sports hedge on whether or **t they'll visit the White House (a customary stop for championship teams) during a Trump (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/donald-trump?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) presidency, the Chicago Cubs bypassed the debate altogether (http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/cubs-visit-obama-white-house/), squeezing in a visit during President Obama's last week in ******.*
SEE ALSO: This is why it's a bad idea to Facebook Live in the locker room (http://mashable.com/2017/01/16/steelers-facebook-live-patriots/)
Obama (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/barack-obama?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) celebrated the Cubs' historic World ****** (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/world-******?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) victory on Monday after**on, while the team showed up with copious amounts of swag for the president including customized Air Jordans (http://mashable.com/2017/01/16/president-barack-obama-air-jordans/), two personalized **. 44 Obama jerseys and a lifetime pass to Wrigley field.*
But two popular players *— starting pitchers Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta — were **ticeably absent, sparking questions of whether they skipped for political reasons. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/17/cubs-white-house-trump-lester-arrieta/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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