The Spot: We see a man in an open green field, sitting at a desk with an old-fashioned typewriter. The announcer says, “Blank. Nine dollars.” Then a woman on a motorcycle rides into view. “Blank.

Since then, Mastercard has made MLB a cornerstone of its sponsorship marketing, adding notable elements like it’s “All Century Team” in 1999 and the “Stand Up to Cancer” funding/awareness raising ...