Find out more about the MLB Commissioner’s Initiative in partnership with the Mets and other MLB teams, making the game of baseball more accessible! As reported on by OneLegUpAlex Garrett
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Here's your host, Alex Garrett.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
All right, Well, if you checked out where we were
last night for Jonah Toong's MLB debut, it was thanks
to lim Kim Foundation. Now, this is very interesting here
on one leg up Alex Mary Johnson, who is an
amputee and who we met here at Port Washington and
then a couple times over the last couple of years. Well,
(00:27):
she informed me, Hey, you know, Limb kind L I
m B KI n D is doing a baseball event
at City Field. And even though I had a long
day in the radio world doing the morning show and
all that, I was motivated to go there and get
to see who I could see from the Limb Kim Foundation.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
And though I am not an amputee.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Myself, I've said this before, but being born with one leg, naturally,
I have had an affinity to seeing those who are
amputee losing a limb adapting to their life and adapting
with style and you know, in a kick ass way.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
And so Limb kind Foundation coming.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Along and supporting amputees and bringing a whole network together
is pretty cool. And it's led by Jill Smith and
that is who we contacted yesterday. I contact yesterday to
see Hey, you know, I know you guys are throwing
this event.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Sorry it's last minute, but we can make it.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
And thanks to limb Kin Foundation, we were there to
not only meet members of the community we met a
couple of them, but also be there for Jonah Toong's debut.
And when he struck out the side and the fifth man,
he was pumped up. You could see that adrenaline and
that energy going and really happy for the kid. And
so him and McLain, by the way, two incredible call
(01:50):
ups for the Mets so far. I said Mark Vanos
was the Mets call up of the year last year. Well,
I think the Mets call ups this year are McLane
and Tong on the mound early early going anyway, But
when we got the tickets and when I went on
the ballpark AAP, I noticed something that said Commissioners Initiative.
(02:15):
That's interesting.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
What does this mean? What is lim Kim Foundation part of? Well,
after some.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Research, the Mets are part of a community ticket program
with the MLB Commissioner's Community Initiative, which helps the Mets
provide opportunities for the local underserved community to experience a
baseball game at City Field. Providing complementary tickets to five
(02:46):
oh one c three charitable groups, allowing youth, seniors, and
members of the various community groups and nonprofit organizations to
attend a Mets game which they otherwise may not have
the opportunity to do so. For all the hate that
Commissioner Man forgets to have this initiative.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Where MLB comes alongside its teams.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I've seen the Rangers have this in Texas, the Reds
in Cincinnati, and the Mets here in New York. It's
pretty awesome, and that is how you keep the sport
growing by opening that door, making baseball more accessible to
people with disabilities and the underserved community.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
This is what one leg Up Alex has become about.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah we talk politics, Yeah we talked to a degree
of sports with Terminio's take, but at its heart, it's
about making the world more accessible. And when I see
the love of baseball become more accessible to people in
the underserved and the disabled community, I want to talk
about it because it's great that lim Kin Foundation is
(03:54):
partnered with MLB and the Mets in this way, and
it's great to show that, you know, people with disabilities
also have lives as well and I wish not to
go back to the l R on this, but you know,
talk about the l R. I wish they had this
initiative in the sense of making the l R more
(04:16):
accessible all times a day with the Ada.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Fair, but that's neither here nor there.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
And by the way, the MTA l R is not
accessible at Flushing at with Mets will It's point, So
that that's what people comment to me a lot about
as well as why isn't the l R accessible at
metz will It's point Now you have to go to
Flushing and then take a bus in our case anyway,
So maybe the l R could take a page out
(04:43):
of what the Mets are doing in partnering with limb
Kind Foundation and and MLB to make it possible for
organizations like limb Kind and yes, the Henry Viscardi School
to take in a game. And of course Muscardi, you
get to do the seventh inning stretch. Kids under the
scoreboard singing the seventh ning stretch every year is a
(05:07):
tradition that Joe Salonica started many many years ago, about
fifteen or so.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
And here's how it goes. If you have an.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Organization, then you want to take your group to a
Mets game through this program. The request must range from
a minimum of twenty five tickets to a maximum of
one hundred and fifty tickets. A valid everyday email address
is required for consideration, as email is the primary method
of communication for ticket approvals.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Please ensure you can.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Redeem at least sixty five percent of the request of tickets,
as requests cannot be altered once submitted see ticket utilization below.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
And applicants need to select three preferred.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Game dates, ranking them in order, and the Mets reserve
the rights to assign tickets for any of the three
chosen dates. When applying, please ensure your availability for all
three dates, as it is the group's responsibility to attend
the game for which tickets are issued. To ensure fair
(06:18):
access to our program and maximize community engagement.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
And by the way, the Mets have always been.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Incredible in the community, gotta shout them out as well.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
This isn't this isn't just giving.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Commentary tickets to organizations to make baseball accessible. This is
about them and the Yankees going out in the community.
And I've seen firsthand Yankees and Mets going to Viscardi
to support Sports Night, to support other events through the years.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
So our teams are very involved in the community.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
And I just saw the other day that they opened
up Elston Howard Field for the Yankees, by the way,
so the high school players softball and baseball.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Can play some tournaments.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
And so for the Mets to expand beyond just the
tickets is awesome. But then this program hits at home.
The Mets require all participating groups to mean a maximum
utilization rate of sixty five percent for ticket redemption. Utilization
is best on actual attendance at the rent at the event.
(07:22):
If a group falls below the sixty five percent utilization rate,
they'll be ineligible.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
And so kudo the commissioner.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Manfred for all the grief he gets about every little.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Change in baseball you cannot deny.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Through this program, MLB has become more accessible to these organizations.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Like LIMB kN and this is why it's important to
read your ballpark past tickets. You might find little kidbits
that you didn't know before.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
And maybe by listening to this episode of One le
Got Alex Garrett, you'll know if you are in an
organization or a community about something you may not.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Have known before. This might be bringing awareness.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Because I do believe day programs and camps and.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Groups of all kinds should be able.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
To bring the game of baseball all summer long to.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Those involved with the group. And I hope more groups
now knowing this can take advantage of it. And maybe
you will too.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
If you're running a group organization, happen to see this.
This is your signed in twenty twenty six to take
advantage of this Major League Baseball Commissioner's initiative, as it
says on the Ticket Commissioners Initiative. Yeah, and maybe, just
(09:05):
maybe we'll see you at the ballpark for any of
these events, because then I've said this before, Beyond just
going to a game, baseball is such a social thing.
You literally have nine innings or more to connect with
people you may not have seen in a while.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
And meet new people there.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
And I think because of the pace of the game
it allows that socialization at a baseball game, and now
at the stadium is being bigger and wider and able
to navigate through. People are always talking and walking even
as the bases are loaded. And I say that kind
(09:51):
of in jest because I always think we should focus
on the bases that are loaded, but that's neither here
nor there.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Baseball isn't just.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
About you know, the bats and the gloves and home runs.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
It's a socialization, it's an experience. It's a shared experience,
and that is why it is awesome.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
In a report here on one leg up with Alex
Garrett a Baseball and major League Baseball and the Mets,
through the Amazing Mets Foundation are opening the door to
the shared experiences to five oh one c threes and
me a few more people from limb kind last night,
(10:35):
and of course seeing Christopher Alvarez, who was a Viscardi
School legend, it felt like a.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Connecting event.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
And an opportunity to highlight those who are imputees and
are always adapting.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
In the best way possible and I think to be
able to enjoy the game. I don't know if I
want to say.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
It's a reward, but it definitely show it's like a
reward for hard work that adaptation does take. And you're seene,
it's a chance to be seen in the community, to
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Show the world that yes, we are always adapted.
Here's your host, Alex Garrett.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
All right, Well, if you checked out where we were
last night for Jonah Toong's MLB debut, it was thanks
to lim Kim Foundation. Now, this is very interesting here
on one leg up Alex Mary Johnson, who is an
amputee and who we met here at Port Washington and
then a couple times over the last couple of years. Well,
(00:27):
she informed me, Hey, you know, Limb kind L I
m B KI n D is doing a baseball event
at City Field. And even though I had a long
day in the radio world doing the morning show and
all that, I was motivated to go there and get
to see who I could see from the Limb Kim Foundation.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
And though I am not an amputee.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Myself, I've said this before, but being born with one leg, naturally,
I have had an affinity to seeing those who are
amputee losing a limb adapting to their life and adapting
with style and you know, in a kick ass way.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
And so Limb kind Foundation coming.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Along and supporting amputees and bringing a whole network together
is pretty cool. And it's led by Jill Smith and
that is who we contacted yesterday. I contact yesterday to
see Hey, you know, I know you guys are throwing
this event.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Sorry it's last minute, but we can make it.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
And thanks to limb Kin Foundation, we were there to
not only meet members of the community we met a
couple of them, but also be there for Jonah Toong's debut.
And when he struck out the side and the fifth man,
he was pumped up. You could see that adrenaline and
that energy going and really happy for the kid. And
so him and McLain, by the way, two incredible call
(01:50):
ups for the Mets so far. I said Mark Vanos
was the Mets call up of the year last year. Well,
I think the Mets call ups this year are McLane
and Tong on the mound early early going anyway, But
when we got the tickets and when I went on
the ballpark AAP, I noticed something that said Commissioners Initiative.
(02:15):
That's interesting.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
What does this mean? What is lim Kim Foundation part of? Well,
after some.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Research, the Mets are part of a community ticket program
with the MLB Commissioner's Community Initiative, which helps the Mets
provide opportunities for the local underserved community to experience a
baseball game at City Field. Providing complementary tickets to five
(02:46):
oh one c three charitable groups, allowing youth, seniors, and
members of the various community groups and nonprofit organizations to
attend a Mets game which they otherwise may not have
the opportunity to do so. For all the hate that
Commissioner Man forgets to have this initiative.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Where MLB comes alongside its teams.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I've seen the Rangers have this in Texas, the Reds
in Cincinnati, and the Mets here in New York. It's
pretty awesome, and that is how you keep the sport
growing by opening that door, making baseball more accessible to
people with disabilities and the underserved community.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
This is what one leg Up Alex has become about.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah we talk politics, Yeah we talked to a degree
of sports with Terminio's take, but at its heart, it's
about making the world more accessible. And when I see
the love of baseball become more accessible to people in
the underserved and the disabled community, I want to talk
about it because it's great that lim Kin Foundation is
(03:54):
partnered with MLB and the Mets in this way, and
it's great to show that, you know, people with disabilities
also have lives as well and I wish not to
go back to the l R on this, but you know,
talk about the l R. I wish they had this
initiative in the sense of making the l R more
(04:16):
accessible all times a day with the Ada.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Fair, but that's neither here nor there.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
And by the way, the MTA l R is not
accessible at Flushing at with Mets will It's point, So
that that's what people comment to me a lot about
as well as why isn't the l R accessible at
metz will It's point Now you have to go to
Flushing and then take a bus in our case anyway,
So maybe the l R could take a page out
(04:43):
of what the Mets are doing in partnering with limb
Kind Foundation and and MLB to make it possible for
organizations like limb Kind and yes, the Henry Viscardi School
to take in a game. And of course Muscardi, you
get to do the seventh inning stretch. Kids under the
scoreboard singing the seventh ning stretch every year is a
(05:07):
tradition that Joe Salonica started many many years ago, about
fifteen or so.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
And here's how it goes. If you have an.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Organization, then you want to take your group to a
Mets game through this program. The request must range from
a minimum of twenty five tickets to a maximum of
one hundred and fifty tickets. A valid everyday email address
is required for consideration, as email is the primary method
of communication for ticket approvals.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Please ensure you can.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Redeem at least sixty five percent of the request of tickets,
as requests cannot be altered once submitted see ticket utilization below.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
And applicants need to select three preferred.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Game dates, ranking them in order, and the Mets reserve
the rights to assign tickets for any of the three
chosen dates. When applying, please ensure your availability for all
three dates, as it is the group's responsibility to attend
the game for which tickets are issued. To ensure fair
(06:18):
access to our program and maximize community engagement.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
And by the way, the Mets have always been.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Incredible in the community, gotta shout them out as well.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
This isn't this isn't just giving.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Commentary tickets to organizations to make baseball accessible. This is
about them and the Yankees going out in the community.
And I've seen firsthand Yankees and Mets going to Viscardi
to support Sports Night, to support other events through the years.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
So our teams are very involved in the community.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
And I just saw the other day that they opened
up Elston Howard Field for the Yankees, by the way,
so the high school players softball and baseball.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Can play some tournaments.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
And so for the Mets to expand beyond just the
tickets is awesome. But then this program hits at home.
The Mets require all participating groups to mean a maximum
utilization rate of sixty five percent for ticket redemption. Utilization
is best on actual attendance at the rent at the event.
(07:22):
If a group falls below the sixty five percent utilization rate,
they'll be ineligible.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
And so kudo the commissioner.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Manfred for all the grief he gets about every little.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Change in baseball you cannot deny.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Through this program, MLB has become more accessible to these organizations.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Like LIMB kN and this is why it's important to
read your ballpark past tickets. You might find little kidbits
that you didn't know before.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
And maybe by listening to this episode of One le
Got Alex Garrett, you'll know if you are in an
organization or a community about something you may not.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Have known before. This might be bringing awareness.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Because I do believe day programs and camps and.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Groups of all kinds should be able.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
To bring the game of baseball all summer long to.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Those involved with the group. And I hope more groups
now knowing this can take advantage of it. And maybe
you will too.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
If you're running a group organization, happen to see this.
This is your signed in twenty twenty six to take
advantage of this Major League Baseball Commissioner's initiative, as it
says on the Ticket Commissioners Initiative. Yeah, and maybe, just
(09:05):
maybe we'll see you at the ballpark for any of
these events, because then I've said this before, Beyond just
going to a game, baseball is such a social thing.
You literally have nine innings or more to connect with
people you may not have seen in a while.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
And meet new people there.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
And I think because of the pace of the game
it allows that socialization at a baseball game, and now
at the stadium is being bigger and wider and able
to navigate through. People are always talking and walking even
as the bases are loaded. And I say that kind
(09:51):
of in jest because I always think we should focus
on the bases that are loaded, but that's neither here
nor there.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Baseball isn't just.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
About you know, the bats and the gloves and home runs.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
It's a socialization, it's an experience. It's a shared experience,
and that is why it is awesome.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
In a report here on one leg up with Alex
Garrett a Baseball and major League Baseball and the Mets,
through the Amazing Mets Foundation are opening the door to
the shared experiences to five oh one c threes and
me a few more people from limb kind last night,
(10:35):
and of course seeing Christopher Alvarez, who was a Viscardi
School legend, it felt like a.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Connecting event.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
And an opportunity to highlight those who are imputees and
are always adapting.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
In the best way possible and I think to be
able to enjoy the game. I don't know if I
want to say.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
It's a reward, but it definitely show it's like a
reward for hard work that adaptation does take. And you're seene,
it's a chance to be seen in the community, to
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Show the world that yes, we are always adapted.
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