From Baseball Trips to Big Impact: Inside the BBE Tradition
July 30, 2025
In 1992, two freshly divorced dudes did what any newly divorcée does: they skipped therapy and bought baseball tickets. Wrigley Field. The Friendly Confines. Bleacher seats.
By the next year, they were dragging more friends into the fold and hitting more ballparks. Comiskey. County Stadium. Then Kansas City. The goal was simple: see every Major League stadium. The result? Way more than just sunburns and souvenir cups.
Fast forward to 2025: the crew is 37 strong. Many have been showing up for decades. Among them? Two of our own: Dan Chamberlin, VP of National Sales, and Mark Knaus, Regional Sales Director. (Mark even met his wife on one of these trips. So yeah, they really go all in).
They call it the BBE (Baseball Extravaganza). But these days, it’s about more than just cracking jokes and watching fly balls. It’s about giving back.
The Helping Others Fund:
Philanthropy with No Red TapeIn 2020, the BBE crew had a revelation. If they could afford baseball trips, they could afford to help people. Enter the BBE Helping Others Fund, a grassroots, no-tax-receipts-needed, vote-on-it-and-do-it kind of operation.
They’ve raised over $20,000 to date. No corporations. No overhead. Just real people pitching in when someone in or around the circle hits a rough patch.
A grandson who needed in-home care? They built a room and a ramp. A friend in a coma after an accident? They helped with the medical bills. Every time, there’s a handwritten card and photos sent with the funds.
Quilts, Golf, and Other Money-Raising Plays
It all started with a quilt made from old BBE shirts. Since then, they’ve fundraised through everything from golf tournaments to framed photos to silent auctions.
The BBE Golf Championship might not be on ESPN anytime soon, but it’s become another excuse to raise money, talk trash, and keep the spirit of giving alive, while also losing a few golf balls.
More Than Baseball, More Than Business
At Hazardous Waste Experts, we talk a lot about doing the right thing. Usually, that means compliant, safe, cost-effective disposal of the nation’s gnarliest waste. But sometimes, it means something else entirely.
It means showing up. Year after year. For each other. For strangers. For those who need it most.
Dan said it best: “We started this to party and see baseball. Now we have a cause.”
Turns out, when good people get together and decide to make a difference, they do.
Here’s to 33 years of the BBE. Here’s to the next inning. And here’s to doing the right thing, whether it’s on the field, in the field, or way outside it.
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