MLB drops plans for temporary baseball park in Grand Teton National Park following local backlash

Major League Baseball is dropping a proposal for a temporary baseball park in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming following a local backlash against the plan. 

Robert Manfred Jr, the Commissioner of Baseball, wrote to the Teton County Commission Thursday to say that the MLB wouldn't be moving forward with the proposal, Cowboy State Daily reported. 

The Washington Post reported on Monday that the MLB approached the Trump administration following the success of other stand-alone events, such as the recurring Field of Dreams game in Iowa. Playing such a game in a national park is among the ideas the MLB is exploring. 

Sources told the Post that National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park and considered it as a possible location for a baseball park, but a spokesperson for the Trump administration said in a statement that there's no direction from the White House for the proposal. 

Following the Post's story, locals in the area of Jackson, Wyoming, criticized the plan, prompting Manfred to send a letter stating that the MLB wouldn't be moving forward with it. 

“We obviously would not bring a game to a community that has concerns about the venue, and will not continue to evaluate Grand Teton National Park as a potential site," Manfred said.