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Your MLB guide to Memorial Day Weekend
- Updated: May 27, 2016
Happy Memorial Day Weekend. Here are 10 things to know as you eagerly venture out with family and friends to enjoy backyard barbecues, beach outings, pool parties, park picnics and a full slate of Major League Baseball games in person or via your MLB.com At Bat app:
1. This is first and foremost a time to remember the military veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Welcome Back Veterans was created to help servicemen and women make a successful transition back to civilian life while serving their greatest needs, and MLB and its 30 clubs join in the Memorial Day and Fourth of July observations of this campaign.
Since the inception of the initiative, operated in conjunction with the McCormick Foundation while focusing on treatment and research of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), MLB has donated more than $30 million to welcomebackveterans.org. It includes funds raised from auctions and the sale of licensed products.
2. On-field recognition will include special military-themed apparel to be worn by on-field personnel, with authentic versions from each club available now at the MLB.com/Shop. There’s even a new batch of those just-announced official player socks from Stance featuring special camo for Memorial Day.
It is the eighth consecutive year that MLB and New Era have created a special cap for teams to wear during Memorial Day games, while Majestic Athletic has designed a special matching jersey for the fourth year in a row. This year’s uniforms utilize a new woodland camouflage design licensed by the U.S. Marine Corps. The Toronto Blue Jays uniform will feature the distinctive Canadian Forces CADPAT design.
MLB will again donate its licensed uniform royalties earned from sales of the specially designed jerseys to this charitable initiative. Proceeds will benefit Welcome Back Veterans (Memorial Day and Independence Day) and the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services’ “Soldier On Fund” (Blue Jays’ Memorial Day uniforms).
3. Fans at all ballparks hosting Memorial Day …
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