The Seattle Mariners announced Friday that T-Mobile will be a partner in a club program dedicated to promoting more diversity in baseball.
T-Mobile is donating $50,000 to the Mariners' On BASE Hometown Nine program, which was unveiled this year "to help under served youth from communities of color continue to play baseball and softball and advance their education from eight grade through their senior year in high school," according to a team press release.
"Through the On BASE Hometown Nine, the Mariners hope to advance the goal of increasing diversity in high school, collegiate and professional baseball and introduce youth from marginalized communities to positive career mentors," said John Stanton, Seattle Mariners Chairman & Managing Partner, in a statement.