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November 05, 2009

Charity Receives Unusable World Series Apparel

It seems some needy Indonesians will be wearing Philadelphia Phillies T-shirts in the months ahead.

After each World Series, Major League Baseball is left with merchandise that is unusable because it touts the losing team as world champions. (Like other sports organizations, the league produces apparel before the outcome of the championship games.)

To make sure the hats and other items don’t go to waste, Major League Baseball donates them to World Vision, an international antipoverty group in Federal Way, Wash.

On its Web site, World Vision says the discarded Phillies apparel will go to children and families in Indonesia who are recovering from the earthquake that hit in September.

The clothing is in addition to the 1,300 pieces of Los Angeles Angels’ and Los Angeles Dodgers’ apparel that World Vision received when those teams lost the American League and National League championship series, respectively.

The charity says in some cases the baseball donations are the first new article of clothing the recipients have ever owned.

So even if you’re not happy the New York Yankees won last night, there is some good news coming out of the series.

— Ian Wilhelm

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Comments

1. Very nice article. I would have suggested to phrase the title, however, as:

   Charity Receives Leftover World Series Apparel

   because for one who reads only the headline, the word ‘unusable’ gives the impression that the apparel is completely unusable to anyone and thus the gift was actually an insult to the recipient charity.

   Thank you for the article—glad to hear that Major League Baseball and World Vision are able to team up and share the wealth. :)

   Hershel Robinson
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   — Hershel Robinson    Nov 6, 03:45 AM    #

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