T-Mobile Expands MLB Partnership

T-Mobile have enhanced their Major League Baseball partnership with the creation of a new fan-chosen MLB award- the T-Mobile MLB Game Changer Award.

This season, T-Mobile will also feature All-Stars Bryce Harper (pictured) and Andrew McCutchen in a national TV campaign, with a new commercial starring Harper premiering nationally on ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball.

“T-Mobile set out to fix a broken industry and forever change the game of wireless – so game changers have a special place in my heart,” said John Legere, president and CEO of T-Mobile. “Which is why this award rocks. Because it recognizes those with the grit and guts to step up and change the trajectory of a game, a season or even baseball history.”

“T-Mobile has been a tremendous partner for Major League Baseball, and we applaud their efforts to change the game in wireless,” said Tim Brosnan, Executive Vice President, Business, Major League Baseball. “It’s fitting that T-Mobile, which prides itself on giving consumers freedom and choice, be the driving force behind an award that empowers fans to choose the most significant game-changing moments in baseball each day.”

“Every time you take the field, you want to make that catch or get that hit that changes the course of the game and locks up the win,” said Andrew McCutchen, center fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates and one of T-Mobile’s player ambassadors for the 2014 season. “I think it’s really cool that fans decide this MLB award, and I’m really excited to try to make that game-changing play that fans will want to vote for at the end of the day.”