As Chicago Cubs fans celebrate the team’s long-awaited World Series win, here’s one thing most of them won’t be thinking about: What happens to all the champions gear that was made ahead of time for the Cleveland Indians? Typically, T-shirts, hats and other gear are produced for both possible winners before any major sports championship, like the Super Bowl or the World Series. Instead it is donated to charity ― often to the Christian nonprofit World Vision, which fights poverty worldwide. Last year, Major League Baseball did just that, giving the New York Mets’ not-the-champions gear to World Vision, according to charity spokesman Jim Fischerkeller. “In past years we have used World Vision, but we have moved our policy to destroying the merchandise,” MLB’s Matt Bourne told HuffPost.

Source: Huffington Post November 03, 2016 22:45 UTC