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Posted on 09/27/2026 2:09:57 PM PDT by Libloather
Major League Baseball has approached the Trump administration about hosting a game at a national park, officials from the White House and the league confirmed to The Washington Post on Saturday.
The White House said in a statement that MLB asked the administration about hosting a game at a national park, adding that the National Park Service has not granted a permit to do so.
"This is not a Presidential directive, nor is it being directed by the White House. It's also not being driven by the Department of Interior," the statement said. "Therefore, this is not a White House or Administration priority."
However, two sources told the Post that the Trump administration has scouted locations in Grand Teton National Park, located in northwest Wyoming, to build a baseball park. Sources told the Post that National Park Service deputy director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations to hold a baseball game within the park's boundaries. Lands declined comment to the Post.
The discussions come as MLB has expanded its use of single-game sites over the past decade. MLB returned for the Field of Dreams game and Little League Classic this year, played inside the Bristol Motor Speedway in 2025 and held a game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2024.
An MLB official, speaking anonymously, told the Post that playing at a national park was one of several ideas under consideration by the league. The 2027 schedule has been released, with games at the Field of Dreams and Little League Classic both set for August, so the possibility of a new game site may be unlikely until at least 2028.
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This is just weird.
Why don’t they propose setting up a MLB game in Iran?
Yummy.
I think atop half dome in yosemite would be just fine...imagine those home rum balls flying down into the valley below...
No. The Field of Dreams game needs to go as well - it’s had its run.
The only one that should be played is in Williamsport, and that’s because of the Little Leaguers.
Big Berthas Brothel is now serving dessert! Ho-made apple pie.
Kind of a weird idea . I wouldn’t really be against it but …it’s just weird
In a national park? Why?
Leave the Grand Tetons alone.
The MLB can spend its own money not the taxpayer’s,
We are broke.
Try Iowa not spectacular WY.
Re national park ... National security
Wide open spaces longer than a Barrett
could reach
Come on MLB, that isn’t going to stop soccer from kicking your butt. City planners no longer build baseball fields. You have less than 10 years to see apathy in ticket sales and clubs wanting to move.
The game is up. Keep drafting Latino players that don’t speak the language, and US citizens will continue to turn you off.
Analytics has made baseball feel less like a game and more like a machine, replacing the instincts and improvisation of traditional baseball with numbers that dictate shifts, matchups and even how hitters should swing.
No one wants to watch a bunch of robots play baseball.
Fuck soccer.
Baseball is watched by more. 162 games,...remember dunce.
Money goes where the money makers are. As for sports, that is 25-44. it’s going to soccer now and there is not inertia that is flipping it.
The Boomers are riding a decline, as appropriate with their numbers.
How about Death Valley?
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