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MLB drops plan for national park baseball game after backlash
Original: Swing-and-a-miss: MLB rescinds idea to host baseball game in national park after backlash
Major League Baseball has withdrawn a proposal to stage a regular-season game in a US national park after criticism of the idea. The plan drew objections over concerns about environmental impact and the appropriateness of commercial events in protected public lands, prompting the league to scrap the concept.
Why now: Criticism over holding a commercial sporting event in protected national park land forced the league to reverse course.
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- Swing-and-a-miss: MLB rescinds idea to host baseball game in national park after backlash · The Guardian
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