Yankees-White Sox Game At Field Of Dreams Is A Trip Of Nostalgic Joy For Many

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (CBS) — More than 30 years ago, a cornfield successful Dyersville, Iowa was transformed into a big-screen tract of dreams.

On Thursday nighttime – successful a long-awaited lawsuit that was expected to hap past year, but had to beryllium postponed for the COVID-19 pandemic – “Field of Dreams” became a world for shot fans successful that tiny Iowa municipality arsenic the White Sox took connected the New York Yankees.

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And CBS 2’s Marshall Harris was determination for it all.

The throwback crippled was aimed astatine a infinitesimal successful time. Just similar the movie, the Field of Dreams Game was astir nostalgia for the astir 8,000 successful attendance.

Fans aged and young who attended were elated to witnesser history.

The fanfare successful Dyersville Iowa – betwixt endless rows of maize – did not disappoint. And the anticipation paid disconnected for those paying apical dollar, arsenic aged memories paved the mode for new.

Tickets went for implicit $1,000 a spot connected the secondhand market.

“My woman and I conscionable got engaged astatine the Field of Dreams, truthful we conscionable got done reenacting that,” said Pete Wach. “So this is thing we had to come.”

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“Never believed we would beryllium here,” said Noreen Wach. “I truly didn’t deliberation it would happen, truthful kudos to him for figuring it retired for us.”

Dan Schmidt said helium got the tickets from “my buddy. Luckily, I enactment him successful my wedding 30 years ago, Kind of owed maine a favor, I guess.”

And adding to the authenticity, the players entered done the maize arsenic they took to the field. White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease besides tried to marque his mode done the MLB Maze amid the corn.

“I didn’t marque it precise far, but I was capable to marque it backmost retired the entranceway – truthful I privation I’d re-watched the movie earlier this. It’s beauteous legendary, though, to spot the main tract and the house, due to the fact that I decidedly watched that a clump arsenic a kid,” Cease said.

“Field of Dreams” prima Kevin Costner was adjacent connected manus to spot game.

The MLB made this hap by gathering the ballpark successful 2019. The players accidental they’ve been buzzing astir this conscionable similar fans.

One happening we bash cognize astir the lawsuit is that it was a rousing occurrence – truthful overmuch truthful that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has already committed to doing it again adjacent year.

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And portion the crippled Thursday night, was a nail-biter successful the ninth, the White Sox won 9-8. Tim Anderson a two-run liner for the win, his eighth homer of the game.