Shame on you. Shame on all of you who wrote an email, attended a meeting, raised a voice or otherwise worked to keep a Major League Baseball Youth Academy out of George Ward Park - and thus out of Birmingham. You've succeeded, at least for the time being, in holding this city back and robbing this city's children of an enriching, enduring experience. Major League Baseball, at least for now, has turned its attention elsewhere, according to the MLB official who had been working

A few thoughts on baseball, community and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Birmingham: What does Jayla Montgomery want to be when she grows up? A TV sports reporter. The teenager works toward that goal in one of the many vocational programs at the Major League Baseball Youth Academy in New Orleans. That program allowed her to spend a day last May working with the MLB Network, in front of and behind the camera, at a Yankees-Astros game in Houston. https://www.mlb.com/news/