The 2017 Major League Baseball season kicked off Monday, and at least three associations used Opening Day to make pitches for their industries.

The National Association of Realtors released a graphic highlighting nine statistics about the real estate industry, each corresponding to a different field position:

Beer Institute CEO Jim McGreevy visited Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., to talk about the beer industry's "commitment to responsibility" with the online entertainment news site FamousDC:

The International Franchise Association launched a new commercial comparing franchise owners to baseball players:

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