Major League Baseball (MLB) umpires are offering up more than 400 items including priceless, autographed sports memorabilia, rarely available specialty MLB logo caps and one-of-a-kind experiences during the 17th Annual UMPS CARE Charities Online Auction.
The auction, hosted on MLB.com, is now live, and it closes Thursday, May 1 at 10 p.m. EDT.
The auction can be found at www.mlb.com/UmpsCare.
Among items up for bid are a Wrigley Field scoreboard tour (complete with 4 tickets and pregame access on the field), tickets to MLB’s All-Star Game and Home Run Derby in Atlanta, a tour of the MLB Replay Center,a Cooperstown triple play with a special experience at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, a round of golf and dinner —signed apparel and merchandise, MLB specialty game caps, and even lunch with an MLB Umpire!
Also up for bid are opportunities to be on the field for batting practice at several MLB ballparks, and lots of signed baseballs and lineup cards!
For the third consecutive year, our auction has a special section featuring collectibles, tickets and bobbleheads from other sports—the NFL, NBA, NHL and more! Proceeds from this section of the auction will support Sports Officials Care. Officials from other leagues saw what the Major League Umpires were doing to give back to the community and wanted in. Learn more at SportsOfficialsCare.org.
Proceeds from the auction support UMPS CARE Charities programs in which youth-based organizations and military families get to meet MLB Umpires before games, visits at hospitals in which MLB Umpires deliver Build-A-Bear® experiences to the bedside of children undergoing treatment, college scholarships for children adopted later in life and our newest initiative, the Official Leadership Program—a 6-week course that trains teens to learn umpiring mechanics on the field and life skills in the classroom.
