Q&A on the News

Q: Who furnishes and pays for the uniforms, lodging, transportation, meals, etc., for the baseball players that play in the World Baseball Classic?

—Mary Lou Brooks, Dunwoody

A: Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association formed a joint organization to administer the logistics of the event, a spokesman for Major League Baseball told Q&A on the News. The company, World Baseball Classic Inc., works closely with all the participating national baseball federations, he wrote.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation-sanctioned tournament is supported by MLB, MLBPA, Nippon Professional Baseball, Korea Baseball Organization, their players’ associations and other leagues and players from around the world.

The 2017 World Baseball Classic Championship Game is March 22, starting at 9 p.m.

Q: I renewed my passport in 2015. It does not need to be renewed until 2025. I am traveling out of the country this year. I was told I have to renew it again now because I am wearing glasses in that picture. Is it true that my passport is now invalid?

—Connie Thompson, Alpharetta

A: You do not need to renew your passport if it was issued before the “no glasses” rule went into effect on Nov. 1, 2016, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs told Q&A on the News via email.

The rule requires that individuals remove their glasses for the photo, when applying for or renewing a passport.

Glasses will need to be taken off at the time of the passport renewal date, the spokeswoman wrote.