MLB Eyes Game in a National Park
The Facts
- Major League Baseball (MLB) has reportedly approached the Trump administration about staging a game at a national park, officials from the White House and the league confirmed Saturday. No site has been selected and the National Park Service has not issued a permit.
- National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming this week and examined three possible locations for a temporary baseball facility within the park's boundaries, according to sources cited by The Washington Post.
- But the White House distanced itself from the concept, saying that it's "not a Presidential directive" and is not being driven by the Department of the Interior. It added that site visits to national parks are MLB's "prerogative."
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The Spin
Narrative A
Baseball has proven that playing outside of a typical stadium works, as evidenced by the packed crowds and huge ratings from cornfields, historic parks and a speedway. Fans crave settings that mean something and a national park would fit the bill and epitomize the ambition a league should show instead of playing it safe 162 times a year. Exploring an idea and asking questions costs nothing.
Narrative B
Some places earn protection precisely because no marketing department can improve them, and bulldozing a diamond into the most protected land in the country for one night of television is vandalism with a logo. Cornfields can be replanted; glacial valleys can't. A league chasing relevance through stunts only looks desperate and small against mountains that never needed help.
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