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MLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National Park
- On Thursday, Major League Baseball abandoned plans to stage a game in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park after Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the decision following local opposition.
- Local leaders sent letters on Monday to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Manfred expressing 'strong opposition' to the proposal, following a Washington Post report suggesting the park was under consideration.
- In a letter sent Thursday, Manfred told local officials and Sen. Martin Heinrich the league was only conducting 'initial due diligence' on many sites and had not evaluated environmental impacts.
- Allison Michalski, senior program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, praised the outcome, saying the league 'recognized that Grand Teton is already a field of dreams.'
- Major League Baseball has played regular-season games away from big league ballparks in recent years, including in Iowa, though the league had approached the administration about staging a game at the national park.
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