NEW YORK -- The green thumbs were on full display on April 20 during MLB’s Earth Day Volunteer Event at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. Over a dozen MLB employees gathered at the historic park to aid in a mass cleanup effort of its baseball fields. The event...
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- Reds Community Fund celebrates opening of newest field
A newly renovated baseball and softball field over two years in the making was officially opened for play in Augusta, Kentucky, on April 16. The Reds Community Fund and St. Elizabeth Healthcare partnered with the City of Augusta and the Augusta Independent School District for a synthetic turf renovation of...
- Bucs host annual Curt Roberts Diversity Event for college students
The Pirates hosted their annual Curt Roberts “Step Up to the Plate” Diversity Event on Tuesday in the Left Field Lounge at PNC Park. Named in honor of the team’s first African American player, the initiative provides students from Pittsburgh-area universities with the opportunity to interact with members of the...
- Jackie Robinson Museum hosts day of education, volunteering
NEW YORK -- On April 15, 1947, a 28-year-old Jackie Robinson took the field with the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. On Monday, all of baseball commemorated the 77th anniversary of that historic game with the annual celebration of Jackie Robinson...
- Jackie Robinson Foundation spreads confidence, community
NEW YORK -- Much of the work that goes into ensuring that Jackie Robinson’s legacy is honored with the reverence it deserves begins with providing greater and equal opportunities for Black and underserved communities within baseball. And while the majority of the focus often falls on the field, an enormous...
- MLB helps foster kids celebrate with Birthday in a Box program
Major League Baseball is teaming up with Foster Love to help kids in the foster care system have the birthdays they deserve. On Tuesday, MLB employees across the country in New York, Boulder, Col., and San Francisco joined together to package over 100 birthday boxes for foster children in their...
- How Baseball at Heart is bringing the game and hope to young women in Uganda
The girls arrived to the field in whatever they had. Some came in dresses and others in bare feet. The equipment was shared, gloves dropped and left in the outfield for players on the other team to grab as they swapped places. Whatever the circumstances, though, the desire was the...
- MLB partners with Girl Scouts to offer baseball kits to thousands
Major League Baseball and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) today announced the launch of a new partnership, starting with a program for new Girl Scout Daisy troops emphasizing fun and friendship, while encouraging girls to play baseball and softball through MLB’s broader PLAY BALL initiative (PlayBall.org). MLB will provide...
- Trailblazers Balkovec, Goodrum cross paths with Marlins
JUPITER, Fla. -- Two years ago at the Winter Meetings in San Diego, Rachel Balkovec stopped Sara Goodrum in the hotel lobby to chat. Baseball trailblazers over the past decade, their paths had never crossed. Now they work together in the Marlins’ front office as the director of player development...
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- VideoHappy Mother's Day 2024
To all mothers and mother figures, happy Mother's Day from Major League Baseball and Susan G. Komen.
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You can text MLB to 741741 to reach a volunteer Crisis Counselor at Crisis Text Line
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MLB and Partnership for Parks host a special Earth Day park clean up event with volunteers from the MLB office, MLB Network and Mets
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Major League Baseball and its clubs are committed to practicing responsible and socially-conscious sustainability efforts
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In recognition of Jackie Robinson Day, MLB Together hosts a volunteer event at the Jackie Robinson Museum in partnership with Foster Love
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Women in baseball get opportunity and a platform for growth and professional skills development in and outside of the sport
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