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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsField of Dreams game was more than unbelievable. It was perfect.
It was a great night for baseball.
DYERSVILLE, Ia. Lets get this out of the way right now.
Thursday nights Field of Dreams game was a showcase, an extravaganza, a happening. You can't even dream this stuff up, how magical this night was. The center of the sports universe, at least for one day, was smack dab in the middle of an Iowa cornfield way up here in northeast Iowa.
Put plainly, baseball's grand showing at the "Field of Dreams" movie site was our states greatest sports event ever.
Yes, I said it.
Ever.
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more at: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/08/13/field-of-dreams-new-york-yankees-chicago-white-sox-perfection-kevin-costner-mlb-dyersville-iowa/5565683001/
malaise
(268,980 posts)and I guess it was one more birthday present for Obama.
The only live game I ever watched was at Yankee stadium.
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)The intro, the players coming out of the cornfield. All of it. I wasnt even a baseball fan yet when that movie came out, and it was and still is pure magic.
If only Burt Lancaster were still around to see it..
a kennedy
(29,658 posts)luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)But James Earl Jones was a very close second. I think the magic of that movie was in the casting. Each actor was perfect and believable. If even one had been different, it would not have been as good.
a kennedy
(29,658 posts)Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)CanonRay
(14,101 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)his Corn Flakes are mush.
Superb opening with the players coming out of the cornfield. The game was incredible, ending with a walk-off HR.
and still does every time I see it.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Dave in VA
(2,037 posts)My dad was our little league coach. Great memories for sure.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Gonna have to have a little catch with my son this evening now
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)I spent many evenings playing catch with my dad, sometimes with a baseball, sometimes with a football. Not having brothers has precious perks.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)watching men cry over a movie seems to be a rare event.
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)Hubster cries at toilet paper commercials, I swear. It does not take much to turn on his waterworks.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Made me so sentimental. Tears were flowing.
It was indeed perfect.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)"Field of Dreams" or not, it was on Fox. For some reason Fox isn't available on my Cable TV programming list.
bahboo
(16,337 posts)and Fox isn't Fox News....
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)Rupert Murdoch's wallet. He uses profits from sports and entertainment to pay Hannity, Carlson, Ingraham etc.
I don't contribute to right-wing death merchants, even in the name of "entertainment".
But that's just me.
rurallib
(62,413 posts)But I forget Governor "Killer" Kim Reynolds don't like masks
pamela
(3,469 posts)I've been watching that opening segment over and over. Just perfect.
world wide wally
(21,742 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)Terry Mann says "Unbelievable" when he sees Jackson talk with Archie.
Ray replies "It's more than that. It's perfect!"
That is a huge scene in the movie for me.
SallyHemmings
(1,821 posts)I am a baseball and Kevin Costner fan.
It was a wonderful diversion from the fact our country is on fire on so many ways.
dameatball
(7,397 posts)poignant but fun game to watch. With all of the statistics, analytics and hype of modern major league baseball, it was so refreshing to experience the simple purity of the game in that environment. Loved that scoreboard too.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Did you know that many Major League mascot names are actually shortened versions of longer names? It's true! "Mets" is short for "Metropolitans." The Cincinnati Reds were originally the "Redlegs." And Yankees is short for Yankeessuck.
unweird
(2,537 posts)Thanks for the chuckle.
Martin Eden
(12,864 posts)My heart sunk when Hendricks gave up 4 runs in 9th ...
... and soared when Anderson hit the walk-off
Traildogbob
(8,738 posts)Beautifully done. I dont watch baseball that much, but this was so well done. Hated not a mask in the stands, but I was safe in my house. Thats on them. But the game, the imagery, guests broadcasters were all perfect. Great Job MLB. Most definitely gonna go watch the movie again.
Sibelius Fan
(24,396 posts)Unbelievable comeback in the top of the 9th, but a huge uh-oh went up for me when we did not get that second out on the ground ball to third that was clearly foul. That led to the walk, which led to the winning run coming to the plate which led to
shit. Im convinced that had the Yankees got that second out that they would have won.
Still, a great game. We did pretty well for a team missing half its top players.
brooklynite
(94,535 posts)Rock music on the sound system, annoying trivia games between innings, $20 hotdogs .the way Abner Doubleday meant it to be.