Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:40 AM

Field of Dreams game was more than unbelievable. It was perfect.

It was a great night for baseball.

DYERSVILLE, Ia. — Let’s get this out of the way right now.

Thursday night’s 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 state’s 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/

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Field of Dreams game was more than unbelievable. It was perfect. (Original post)	SharonClark	Aug 2021	OP
It was really good	malaise	Aug 2021	#1
I sobbed.	luvs2sing	Aug 2021	#2
I thought James Earl Jones WAS the movie, JMHO. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻	a kennedy	Aug 2021	#18
It was Burt for me.	luvs2sing	Aug 2021	#20
Yup, exactly.....	a kennedy	Aug 2021	#23
Good job Iowa	Under The Radar	Aug 2021	#3
The ball flying into the cornfield was just magical	CanonRay	Aug 2021	#4
Field of Dreams is a movie that can make a grown man sob until	Ilsa	Aug 2021	#5
Yes it did	Dave in VA	Aug 2021	#6
What I'd give for one more catch with my dad....	Roland99	Aug 2021	#11
Now I'm ready to cry again.	Dave in VA	Aug 2021	#12
Oh wow.	Roland99	Aug 2021	#16
Grown women, too.	luvs2sing	Aug 2021	#22
Oh yes, I cried, too, but	Ilsa	Aug 2021	#30
Not at my house!	luvs2sing	Aug 2021	#31
Just watched the video of Costner coming out, and then the players.	hamsterjill	Aug 2021	#7
I wouldn't watch it.	SergeStorms	Aug 2021	#8
you missed a great game...	bahboo	Aug 2021	#13
All the money goes into....	SergeStorms	Aug 2021	#26
Would have been nice to see a mask or two in the stands	rurallib	Aug 2021	#9
I've been to the Field of Dreams site. It is magical.	pamela	Aug 2021	#10
A perfect ending	world wide wally	Aug 2021	#14
I Like The Movie Line Reference	ProfessorGAC	Aug 2021	#15
I loved it!	SallyHemmings	Aug 2021	#17
My Dad was my Little League coach and I was my son's Little League coach. So yeah, it was a	dameatball	Aug 2021	#19
Any game where the Yankees lose has a lot going for it	gratuitous	Aug 2021	#21
Now that's funny	unweird	Aug 2021	#25
Being a White Sox fan, I have agree	Martin Eden	Aug 2021	#24
It was amazing	Traildogbob	Aug 2021	#27
Except for we Yankees fans.	Sibelius Fan	Aug 2021	#28
And today we'll be back to REAL baseball...	brooklynite	Aug 2021	#29

Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:42 AM

malaise (261,777 posts)

1. It was really good

and I guess it was one more birthday present for Obama.

The only live game I ever watched was at Yankee stadium.

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:47 AM

luvs2sing (2,220 posts)

2. I sobbed.

The intro, the players coming out of the cornfield. All of it. I wasn’t 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..

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Response to luvs2sing (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:01 PM

a kennedy (28,438 posts)

18. I thought James Earl Jones WAS the movie, JMHO. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

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Response to a kennedy (Reply #18)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:09 PM

luvs2sing (2,220 posts)

20. It was Burt for me.

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.

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Response to luvs2sing (Reply #20)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:17 PM

a kennedy (28,438 posts)

23. Yup, exactly.....

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Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:53 AM

Under The Radar (3,378 posts)

3. Good job Iowa

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:57 AM

CanonRay (13,518 posts)

4. The ball flying into the cornfield was just magical

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Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:57 AM

Ilsa (61,516 posts)

5. Field of Dreams is a movie that can make a grown man sob until

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.

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Response to Ilsa (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 11:01 AM

Dave in VA (1,944 posts)

6. Yes it did

and still does every time I see it.

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Response to Dave in VA (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:41 PM

Roland99 (53,336 posts)

11. What I'd give for one more catch with my dad....

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Response to Roland99 (Reply #11)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:44 PM

Dave in VA (1,944 posts)

12. Now I'm ready to cry again.

My dad was our little league coach. Great memories for sure.

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Response to Dave in VA (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:53 PM

Roland99 (53,336 posts)

16. Oh wow.

Gonna have to have a little catch with my son this evening now

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Response to Ilsa (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:11 PM

luvs2sing (2,220 posts)

22. Grown women, too.

I spent many evenings playing catch with my dad, sometimes with a baseball, sometimes with a football. Not having brothers has precious perks.

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Response to luvs2sing (Reply #22)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 07:21 PM

Ilsa (61,516 posts)

30. Oh yes, I cried, too, but

watching men cry over a movie seems to be a rare event.

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Response to Ilsa (Reply #30)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 07:43 PM

luvs2sing (2,220 posts)

31. Not at my house!

Hubster cries at toilet paper commercials, I swear. It does not take much to turn on his waterworks.

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Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 11:07 AM

hamsterjill (15,153 posts)

7. Just watched the video of Costner coming out, and then the players.

Made me so sentimental. Tears were flowing.

It was indeed perfect.

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Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 11:08 AM

SergeStorms (18,319 posts)

8. I wouldn't watch it.

"Field of Dreams" or not, it was on Fox. For some reason Fox isn't available on my Cable TV programming list.

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Response to SergeStorms (Reply #8)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:48 PM

bahboo (15,832 posts)

13. you missed a great game...

and Fox isn't Fox News....

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Response to bahboo (Reply #13)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:25 PM

SergeStorms (18,319 posts)

26. All the money goes into....

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.

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Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:00 PM

rurallib (61,373 posts)

9. Would have been nice to see a mask or two in the stands

But I forget Governor "Killer" Kim Reynolds don't like masks

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:39 PM

pamela (3,469 posts)

10. I've been to the Field of Dreams site. It is magical.

I've been watching that opening segment over and over. Just perfect.

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Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:49 PM

world wide wally (21,592 posts)

14. A perfect ending

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:52 PM

ProfessorGAC (61,078 posts)

15. I Like The Movie Line Reference

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.

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Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:01 PM

SallyHemmings (1,783 posts)

17. I loved it!

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.

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:08 PM

dameatball (7,255 posts)

19. My Dad was my Little League coach and I was my son's Little League coach. So yeah, it was a

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.

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:11 PM

gratuitous (82,108 posts)

21. Any game where the Yankees lose has a lot going for it

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.

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Response to gratuitous (Reply #21)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:21 PM

unweird (2,152 posts)

25. Now that's funny

Thanks for the chuckle.

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:21 PM

Martin Eden (12,337 posts)

24. Being a White Sox fan, I have agree

My heart sunk when Hendricks gave up 4 runs in 9th ...

... and soared when Anderson hit the walk-off

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:25 PM

Traildogbob (7,541 posts)

27. It was amazing

Beautifully done. I don’t watch baseball that much, but this was so well done. Hated not a mask in the stands, but I was safe in my house. That’s on them. But the game, the imagery, guests broadcasters were all perfect. Great Job MLB. Most definitely gonna go watch the movie again.

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Response to SharonClark (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:37 PM

Sibelius Fan (24,254 posts)

28. Except for we Yankees fans.

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. I’m 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.

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 02:17 PM

brooklynite (89,741 posts)

29. And today we'll be back to REAL baseball...

Rock music on the sound system, annoying trivia games between innings, $20 hotdogs….the way Abner Doubleday meant it to be.

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