

The game featured a six-run ninth inning, a. In an 8,000-seat stadium that provided a real-life version of the classic sports film 'Field of Dreams,' the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees played a storybook game for a nationally televised audience. Jenkins also threw the ceremonial first pitch to Bench. A game that was 32 years in the making hit the mark for Major League Baseball on Thursday.
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The Cubs and Reds then also entered from the cornfield beyond center field along with multiple National Baseball Hall of Fame members representing both teams - catcher Johnny Bench and shortstop Barry Larkin for the Reds along with second baseman Ryne Sandberg, outfielder Andre Dawson, pitcher Ferguson Jenkins and left fielder Billy Williams for the Cubs. By now, Field of Dreams is such a beloved movie that it's hard to imagine how key aspects of the production almost went in completely different directions. Both Griffeys - who played for the Reds and also played together for the Seattle Mariners - were joined first by fathers and sons also playing catch. This time, the movie was referenced in the pregame ceremonies by Ken Griffey Jr.
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The game was also the most-watched regular season MLB game since 2005.Ī second Field of Dreams MLB game was played during the 2022 season on August 11th with the Cincinnati Reds - who beat the White Sox in the 1919 World Series that was marred by the Black Sox Scandal - facing the Chicago Cubs, with the Cubs winning 4-2. Anderson's was the White Sox's 15th walk-off home run against the Yankees in team history, with "Shoeless" Joe Jackson hitting the very first. The White Sox won 9-8 on a 2-run walk-off home run by shortstop Tim Anderson after the Yankees came back and took the lead in the top of the 9th inning with home runs from Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. However, the game was postponed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and was played on August 12, 2021.Īs part of the pregame ceremonies, Kevin Costner walked onto the field through the surrounding cornfield, followed soon after by the White Sox and Yankees players and managers in an echo of the film scene. Take along your bat and ball and play out your dreams at the Field of Dreams Movie Site, 28995 Lansing Road, Dyersville. It’s estimated that, within three years of the film’s release, 60,000 people had made the pilgrimage to Dyersville. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees were scheduled to play a regular season MLB game on the major league ballpark adjacent to the movie set in Dyersville. But, just as in the movie, visitors came, and the field was restored.
