The Importance Of Community Relations In Major League Baseball

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Major League Baseball (MLB), in the past, was considered to be America’s pastime. While some people debate MLB still is America’s pastime, others argue that it is the 21st century and other sports have gained popularity. Regardless of where MLB ranks in popularity its impact off of the field has gained popularity. In the past 30 years MLB community involvement has emerged and taken off as an essential function of all 30 major league clubs. MLB has been around for well over 100 years. It has been a staple of history, when looking back on the events of American history; MLB has been a part of a lot of the defining moments. When WWI came about MLB shut down so the MLB players could go fight the war. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier that …show more content…

More and more teams are getting more of their fans involved in their efforts as well as their players and members of their organization. The state of community relations in MLB is in a good place, especially since the great recession ended. The MLB organizations, fans and players all have more flexibility to be generous with their money. It is not just the money and the donations that make for a successful community relations department. Community service plays a major role in MLB team’s community relation departments. All 30 MLB teams are located in cities, which happens to be where poverty is more prevalent. This makes for a greater need for volunteers and the perfect opportunity to showcase the values of the MLB teams to the community. Many MLB players have also used their organizations community relations’ efforts as a platform to raise awareness for a cause that they are passionate about. There are many different aspects that a MLB team can contribute to make their community relations department and efforts more impactful as a …show more content…

It consists of 30 teams divided into two leagues, the American and National leagues. The MLB’s championship is known as the World Series where the best American league team plays the best National league team in a best-of-7 series. MLB is headquartered in New York and New Jersey where the office of the commissioner is located. A commissioner is an official chosen by an athletic association to exercise broad administrative or judicial authority. The commissioner has control over many community relations’ aspects. More specifically, community is a locality inhabited by such a group. Outreach is the act of extending services, benefits, etc., to a wider section of the population, as in community work. Outreach is sometimes confused with affairs, which are matters of commercial or public interest or concern, the transactions of public or private business or finance. The work of community relations can be compared to charity which is something given to a person or persons in need,

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