Business diversity featured at Winter Meetings

A few decades ago, Diana Everett of Chesterfield, Mo., saw a future in giveaways for sports teams. And it turns out, MLB was looking for business owners like her. One aspect of MLB’s 25-year-old diversity and inclusion program has been putting businesses fronted my women, minorities, the LGBT community and veterans in front of clubs and league-office divisions so they can develop techniques and compete for business.