PITTSBURGH — Officials with the Pittsburgh Pirates announced they have donated $1 million to help employees of PNC Park affected by the coronavirus.
The Pirates announce the team has committed $1 million to help PNC Park employees affected by the delay to the start of the MLB season. pic.twitter.com/VCBDkNDQD4
— Pirates (@Pirates) March 17, 2020
Major League Baseball officials said each team was donating a million dollars to help the employees affected at each of their respective ballparks.
MLB clubs have committed $30M -- $1M apiece -- to assist the ballpark employees affected by the delayed start to our season. pic.twitter.com/ZzJOkxGt2e
— MLB (@MLB) March 17, 2020
This comes after Major League Baseball’s Opening Day was pushed back by 8 weeks because of the outbreak.
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The league said the decision to delay the start of the season was made following recommendations from the CDC. It’s not clear if the league will be sticking with the mid-May opening or not.
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