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- Updated: December 5, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Much is made about players inside Major League Baseball clubhouses being family. But the same holds true for the people that work in the game that are not players, and it often extends beyond the boundaries of team affiliation.
That’s why all of MLB mourned when Mets senior media relations director Shannon Forde died from breast cancer in March at the all-too-young age of 44.
“It is rare to know someone so genuinely well-liked by everyone in an organization — from front-office colleagues to media to players. She was such an important part of the fabric of the Mets’ organization,” said Reds media relations director Rob Butcher, who was a friend of Forde.
On Monday at the start of the Winter Meetings, MLB announced that its fifth annual Play Ball Charity Auction will support the renovation of a baseball and softball field in Forde’s memory. The field, in her hometown of Little Ferry, N.J., will be renamed Shannon Forde Field. Renovations to the field will include dugouts with protective fencing and benches, …
