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Where Should MLB Hold Its Next Showcase Games?

Major League Baseball has made an extra effort in recent years to showcase the game in new places. The Yankees and Red Sox played the first-ever games in Europe last year. The sport also held regular season games in Omaha, Neb. and Williamsport, Pa. to spotlight the College World Series and Little League World Series, respectively.

So the question for SI's MLB staff was simple: Where should baseball go next?

Tom Verducci

If baseball is truly America’s Pastime, we need to play a game in the heart of democracy: at the Ellipse, the grassy oval between the White House and Washington Monument.