Plus: What to do with picky eaters, an opinion on eliminating the clergy exemption and someone please explain the word “indict." 😳
Good morning, Utah Today readers! Here’s your forecast: 🌦️ 29 – 38° in Logan | ❄️ 80% chance ⚠️ 🌦️ 36 – 49° in Salt Lake City | 💧 70% chance ⚠️ ⛅ 54 – 71° in St. George | 💧 10% chance ⚠️ Avalanche warning. Word on the street is that Salt Lake City is looking at getting a Major League Baseball team! With the help of ChatGPT and my good friend Hanna Seariac, we generated some good names for the team. Big League Utah, you’re free to use any of these. The pleasure is all yours. Wasatch Warriors Pioneer Pioneers Desert Raptors Salt Lake Sluggers Mountaineer Mavericks High Country Hornets Salt Lake Stampede Red Rock Rebels ChatGPT also recommended the Salt Lake Bees and the Salt Lake City Stars — both teams that already exist — so clearly it doesn’t have its head in the game when it comes to this very serious matter. Tell me: What would you name the team? By the way: Tomorrow is my last day working for Deseret News. (Or at least for now!) I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed writing this newsletter for you guys. Please keep reading it because my colleagues are so incredibly talented. Also on our minds: What to do when your kids are picky eaters, the unintended consequences of eliminating the clergy exemption and someone please explain the word “indict” to all the non-lawyers out there. (I know what it means, but I just want to make sure you know.😳) |
| Swinging for the fences: New Big League Utah coalition aiming to bring MLB to Salt Lake City |
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| | The Miller family and the Larry H. Miller Company announced Wednesday that they are ushering in a new era of major league sports. A coalition of Utah leaders has come together to position Salt Lake City as an ideal market for Major League Baseball. Big League Utah, the community coalition, said it believes the state is the “Future of America’s Pastime” and already has a construction-ready site in mind at the Rocky Mountain Power District on Salt Lake City’s west side. |
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