President Trump’s EPA chief has an idea that is sure to stir up a world debate.
And it has nothing to do with the climate.
Instead, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, former co-owner of Major League Baseball’s AAA club in Oklahoma City, is calling for an international world series.
In Iowa and appearing on WHO TV, Pruitt played along with a host’s rapid-fire “Quick Six” questions, one of which was how baseball can be improved.
Pruitt, who won a reputation as a marketing genius for his former Oklahoma City Redhawks, said:
I think we need to do more to export the product internationally. There’s such a hunger and desire in Asia particularly. We need to work on that.
I think baseball is one of those sports we can actually truly have a world series, we can have a world competition. We’ve seen it in other instances and I think that’s an opportunity that we need to be pursuing.
Pruitt, who sold his stake in the team after being elected Oklahoma attorney general in 2010, ended the interview with a prediction: The Chicago Cubs will win the World Series “again in the next five years.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
