To access the new field, currently dubbed “MLB Stadium,” attending fans entered at the original Field of Dreams from the film, where they could dip themselves in “magic waters,” look around, even have a catch on the field, before being summoned by some familiar voices to pass through the centerfield cornfield on a path that leads to the MLB Stadium, complete with a corn maze in the shape of MLB’s silhouette logo separating the two fields. Normally, the original field the movie was filmed on is open from dawn to dusk for shag batting practice, to have a catch or see “the greatest show on dirt,” the Ghost Player games (a Harlem-Globetrotters-meets-baseball comedy routine hosted on scheduled Saturdays for free that’s returning this month after a two-year pandemic hiatus.) To mark the occasion they decided to have a “last catch” together and vowed to retire from baseball together, as father and son. Yankees fans Mike Dempsey and his father Frank, a Vietnam veteran, drove out from New York for the game to celebrate Mike’s 50th birthday, after he’d played in a tournament at the site a few years previously. Kevin Costner, who starred in the film, was at the new stadium on Wednesday before Iowa's first MLB game. In the film, Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer, portrayed by Costner, hears a voice beckoning through the swaying cornfields: “If you build it, he will come.” Convinced carving a baseball diamond into the crop will summon the spirit of legendary ballplayer Shoeless Joe Jackson, he sets out to do just that with the support of his wife, Annie (Amy Madigan) and daughter Karin (Gaby Hoffman), despite the financial hardship it incurs. Kinsella’s novel “Shoeless Joe,” the 1989 film “Field of Dreams” starring Kevin Costner is considered by many to be one of the finest sports movies of all time for how it captures the timeless nature and universal appeal of baseball. As Ray continues to heed the seemingly random requests of the ghostly voice, all the pieces begin to fall together, leading Ray to finally understand the meaning of these ghostly words: " If you build it, he will come.It’s the place where dreams came true for baseball fans, as the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees emerged from the cornfields to play the first official Major League Baseball game in the state on Thursday night on a specially built field next to the original “Field of Dreams” movie site in Dyersville.īased on W. Once complete, the field plays host to an ethereal baseball team made up of White Sox players who were ousted from the team in 1919 following a scandal. When a ghostly voice from the field tells Ray to plow his crops and build a baseball field, Ray feels compelled to comply. Over the last three decades, the titular field from the movie has become every bit as iconic and important as the film itself.įield of Dreams tells the heartwarming tale of Iowa corn farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) who lives with his family in an isolated farmhouse surrounded by a cornfield. The beloved 1989 baseball movie has remained a classic of American cinema, and continues to emotionally resonate with audiences beyond baseball and general sports fans. The iconic baseball diamond from Field of Dreams is not only a real place, but it also has quite the history.
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