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Abené Clayton

Swing-and-a-miss: MLB rescinds idea to host baseball game in national park after backlash

A stop sign stands before grassland, with Grand Teton national park's jagged mountains beyond
The Grand Teton national park in Wyoming. Photograph: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Major League Baseball (MLB) leadership is no longer considering holding a game inside a national park, according to a letter the commissioner, Robert Manfred, sent to officials in Teton county, Wyoming, on Thursday in what could be the league’s biggest swing-and-a-miss off the diamond.

On 26 September, the Washington Post reported that MLB had reached out to the White House about staging a one-day game at Grand Teton national park in Wyoming. Teton county describes itself as a “a year-round resort community” and sits within the Jackson Hole valley. It’s also a habitat for grizzly bears, osprey, bison and more.

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