MLB to distribute $1.5M US in tickets to essential workers

Tickets will be divided evenly among 30 teams, and each club will select recipients

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Caption: On Thursday, Major League Baseball and its teams announced that they will distribute $1.5M in free tickets to essential workers. Each individual club will select the recipients, games and seat locations. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Major League Baseball and its teams said Thursday they will distribute $1.5 million US in free tickets this regular season to essential workers of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The tickets will go to doctors, nurses and other hospital staff; police, firefighters, public safety personnel and corrections workers; teachers, daycare personnel and support staff; public transit workers; grocery store and delivery workers; food and agriculture workers; and construction and manufacturing workers.
The tickets will be divided evenly among the 30 teams, and each club will select recipients, games and seat locations.