MLB Going, Going ... Green!

It's a blessed time to be in America. After years of shoveling trans fat down our gullets at fast food joints, years of cars and power plants dumping carbon into our air, and years of us being somewhat blind to what it was doing to our bodies and environment, we're making changes, man. Al Gore is bringing his MacBook around the country. George Clooney is solving that thing in Africa.

MLB is going green.

Major League Baseball and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have jointly announced the creation of a Team Greening Program. This program was developed to support and coordinate the many environmentally sensitive practices now pursued by virtually every Major League club. The joint effort marks the first time that Major League Baseball will implement a league-wide environmental protection strategy.

[ ... ] "Baseball is a social institution with social responsibilities, and caring for the environment is inextricably linked to all aspects of our game," said Commissioner Bud Selig. "Sound environmental practices make sense in every way and protect our natural resources for future generations of baseball fans."

Next stop for MLB on their crusade to rid stadiums of toxins? Doing away with those all-you-can-eat ticket deals. Oh wait, those are all new this year? Nevermind then.