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• March 26, 2012 Record $2.28 million pledged to B.A.T. during 2012 Spring Training fundraising tour

  More than 1,300 players, coaches and managers from all 30 MLB Clubs have collectively pledged a record donation of $2,282,125 to the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) during the organization's tenth annual Spring Training tour to raise funds for members of the Baseball Family in need of assistance.

• January 25, 2012 Mays highlights 23rd annual B.A.T. fundraiser

  It began with a playful 80-year-old Willie Mays talking baseball in commanding fashion for 15 priceless minutes, finally declaring "The Catch" during the 1954 Giants-Indians World Series his most memorable moment in a hallowed Major League Baseball career.

• September 21, 2011 B.A.T. to celebrate Mets' 50 years at fundraiser

  Ed Kranepool joined the Mets in June of their original 1962 season, when they lost more games (120) than any team in Major League Baseball history. He was a key player on their 1969 team that amazed everyone in winning the World Series.

• March 3, 2011 Watch the 2001 D-backs reunite for B.A.T.

  Members of the 2001 World Series Champion Arizona Diamondbacks reunite at the B.A.T. Celebrity Ball in Arizona.

• January 26, 2011 B.A.T.'s charitable mission on display at dinner

  Gary Caraballo wasn't the most recognizable name -- not even close -- when the Baseball Assistance Team hosted its Going to Bat for B.A.T. dinneron Tuesday.

• October 5, 2010 B.A.T. steps in to help former pitcher Walker

  Pete Walker is a former Major League pitcher now working as a pitching coach in the Toronto Blue Jays' organization.

• October 5, 2010 B.A.T. remembers Steinbrenner fondly

  On July 13, 2010, New York Yankees principal owner George M. Steinbrenner passed away. B.A.T. wishes to express its deepest sympathies to the Steinbrenner family, the Yankees organization and to the baseball family as a whole.

• October 5, 2010 B.A.T. meets aid recipients in Caribbean

  This summer, members of the Baseball Assistance Team visited Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to see grant recipients and spread the message that B.A.T. is ready to help members of the baseball family in the Latin community.

• October 5, 2010 B.A.T. has successful trip to All-Star Game

  The Baseball Assistance Team traveled west to the 2010 All-Star Game in Anaheim in July.

• October 5, 2010 Morgan named chairman for B.A.T. dinner

  Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball analyst Joe Morgan has been chosen to serve as the dinner chairman for the 2011 Going to Bat for B.A.T. Dinner.

• October 5, 2010 Awareness Committee to spread word for B.A.T.

  Since widows, spouses, children and parents of members of the baseball family are eligible for assistance from the Baseball Assistance Team, it became clear that B.A.T. needed a conduit to reach them.

• June 13, 2010 Meet B.A.T. grant recipient Brian Holman

  Brian Holman played four years in the Major Leagues with the Expos and Mariners.

• June 13, 2010 2010 Going to Bat for B.A.T. Dinner

  The Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) hosted the 21st Annual "Going to Bat for B.A.T. Dinner" on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010.

• June 13, 2010 Players from 30 MLB clubs pledge record of nearly $2 million to B.A.T. during Spring Training

  Over 1,100 players committed $1.85 million in donations to B.A.T. this Spring Training, totaling more than $9 million pledged over the eight years of the B.A.T. Spring Training Tour.

• June 13, 2010 Phyllis Merhige and Katy Feeney appointed to B.A.T. Advisory Board

  Phyllis Merhige is in her 35th year at Major League Baseball.