The Boston Redsox visited the White House on Wednesday before taking a side trip to visit wounded soldiers at the Walter Reed Medical Center.
However, Manny, Theo Epstein, and Julian Tavarez were no-shows, they decided to opt out.
Sox CEO Larry Lucchino Chimed in:
"It wasn't a mandatory event. I think Manny's going to find out from his teammates today that he missed something. It was an exceptional day because after the White House of course we went back to Walter Reed, we had done that after the '04 championship and I think it's a good balance to the day. ...
"I don't think we'll make a big issue of it [those who didn't make the trip]. If we had chosen to make an issue of it, it would have been a mandatory appearance for people. Some of our players don't support America."
"Spring training is a very congested time, and as you might imagine, I don't want to offer any excuses, I can just see people making different value judgments. I'm not going to make a big deal out of it."
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