It was easy to do the math when MLB first announced that each team would be putting $1 million into a fund to help ballpark workers displaced by baseball’s shutdown. Teams could certainly choose to do more internally and there are several other charitable efforts underway, but relying on public perception of either $1 million or $30 million was a flawed strategy that appears even more so when broken down per game or per employee.
That was the case for part-time and hourly Cubs employees, who Jon Greenberg of The Athletic reported received emails this week offering $500 non-taxable grants ($).