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NEW YORK — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez won MLB's Roberto Clemente Award for philanthropy. The award was presented to the nine-time All-Star before Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night at Yankee Stadium. Perez each winter distributes bags of food to 2,000 homes in the neediest parts of his hometown of Valencia, Venezuela. The 2015 World Series MVP has a youth baseball league there, providing equipment for the kids and financial support for their families. He has paid for dozens of surgeries for kids with cleft lips, he partners with organizations fighting against Lou Gehrig's disease and works with Kansas-based Braden's Hope for Childhood Cancer.
