A Celebration At MLB's National Park

The first episode of The National Parks: America's Best Idea, the new Ken Burns film, aired tonight on PBS. As I watched it I thought about the new Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees clinched the AL East today for the 16th time in franchise history.Our national parks are full of beauty and wonder: Majestic waterfalls, awesome geysers, trees that leave you speechless, mountains that take your breath away, and much, much more. I watched all of this splendor tonight and thought to myself: Yankee Stadium is Major League Baseball's National Park.A 56-game hitting streak, a World Series perfect game, 26 championships and many more pennants, along with the best who have ever played the game in Ruth, DiMaggio, Rivera and Jeter (to name a few). Moments at The Stadium have been more than special, so much so that they have come to be thought of as having been produced by two ghosts: Aura and Mystique.Aura and Mystique know that the game's National Park has a new address, because the...