MLB All-Star Game: Big Names, Big Bucks
Writing by bettingfool on Monday, 14 of July , 2008 at 12:00 pm
The most successful corporations know how to spread the wealth around the community. Major League Baseball is very successful indeed. They’re turning the All-Star Game into a big-time display of philanthropy, giving away over $7 million to the New York City area and spending countless hours on charity work.
My personal favorite on the week’s list of events was the stickball tournament they played on Sunday in Harlem. Willie Mays (above photo) was on hand to cheer on the kids; the game ended in a 9-9 tie, but this was one All-Star event where a tie was entirely satisfactory.
Mays was a stickball legend in Harlem. When Mays was a member of the New York Giants, he would sometimes play with the neighborhood kids before a home game. “That’s how I learned to hit a breaking ball,” Mays told Salon back in 1999. Mays could hit it three sewers, i.e. three manhole covers away. Now that would make a great All-Star competition.
Category: MLB Baseball
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