The opening news conference of baseball’s winter meetings detailed the event’s annual charity auction, and this year, it’s hitting close to Kansas City.
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, to be exact.
The 2018 Winter Meetings Charity Auction will benefit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the Jackie Robinson Foundation, MLB announced. The auction is organized by a cooperation between MLB, its 30 teams and MLB Network.
The timing is ideal for the museum. During the summer, vandals cut a water pipe at the Buck O’Neil Research and Education Center, causing significant damage.