New York Yankees donate $500K to Haiti relief efforts..

[beaner]

Here's hoping other teams and MLB steps up as well..

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/haiti.updates/index.html

[JDubs]

Granderson must be rubbing off on them.

[Moose Milligan]

Say what you want about em, but they're a class organization.

[GoldGlove21]

Here's hoping other teams and MLB steps up as well..

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/haiti.updates/index.html

That is not going to hurt their pull in that area! Nice gesture as well and smart on their part as well as being the right thing to do.

[beaner]

Say what you want about em, but they're a class organization.

And seemingly a step ahead of everyone else in more ways than just on the field.

[BaltimoreTerp]

I heard they wanted to donate some more in the Marlins' name, but the Marlins wanted to take the money to Haiti themselves and give it to them in private.

[waroriole]

Say what you want about em, but they're a class organization.

And always willing to tell people about it.

[backwardsk]

And always willing to tell people about it.

If it puts peer pressure on other profitable organizations, I'm all for it.

[waroriole]

If it puts peer pressure on other profitable organizations, I'm all for it.

Good point, I suppose I'm just cynical.

[DrungoHazewood]

It's nice that the Yanks donate money to worthy causes. But it's easier to cut loose $500k when you have the most revenues of any sports team in the known universe.

[bird watcher]

It's nice that the Yanks donate money to worthy causes. But it's easier to cut loose $500k when you have the most revenues of any sports team in the known universe.

Manchester United might beg to differ with that.

[DrungoHazewood]

Manchester United might beg to differ with that.

I knew somebody would call me on that. FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, maybe a few other soccer teams are in that same neighborhood.

[srock]

You can donate $10 via the Clinton Foundation by texting a message to 20222. It responds with a confirmation message to which you reply YES.

Apparently, Bill Clinton is the UN Special Envoy to Haiti, has been for awhile, so his foundation is on the forefront of the relief effort.

[beaner]

MLB to donate $1 million. Nice.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/01/14/mlb.haiti.ap/index.html?eref=twitter_feed

[O-Arm36]

"What happened in Haiti is a tragedy, something terrible, a sister country with which we share a common island," Tejada said to ESPNdeportes.com during a telephone interview from his Fort Lauderdale home.

"I've authorized my staff to prepare a shipment to help the needy people in Haiti as soon as possible. The plan is to fill up a container van with items needed in an emergency. In these situations, they would need water, canned food, medicine, powdered milk and kids' clothes."

Tejada said that the Haitian Consulate in Miami would be in charge of channeling the aid, and he encouraged others to coordinate any aid efforts through the consulate. The 2002 American League MVP wants all of his MLB colleagues, particularly Dominicans, to step up and help the victims.

"Everyone who can help should," he said. "I heard that among the victims there are a lot of Dominicans who work in organizations and companies established in Haiti."

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100113&content_id=7913434&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Gotta love Miggy.