Although they're physically splitting into two groups for the White House visit, Red Sox manager Alex Cora says there's no divide.
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But Red Sox manager Alex Cora said the existence of the two groups has not led to any sort of division in the clubhouse. The Red Sox have drawn criticism in recent days for allowing individual players to decide whether to attend the White House event, with claims that the organization was setting the stage for conflict amid its players.More than a dozen players and team executives, most of them white, plan to celebrate last year's World Series win at the White House on Thursday afternoon, while a lengthy list of African-American and Latino players have pledged to forego the visit, for a variety of reasons.
"I talk to certain guys in the clubhouse, ‘Hey. Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, we decided that this is the way we’re going to do it.' The organization gave us the chance to decide if we go, if we don’t go. I think we’re doing the right thing. Nobody has to be ashamed or pressured not to go or to go."
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