Off Topic - Field of Dreams

DonGuido · #1 08-12-2021, 10:55 AM

An added note . . . the corn field (or fence) looks awfully short/close to me. I'm betting 10 dingers+. Whose over or under on this???

Well maybe not, just looked it up. 335 downs the lines 380 power allies and 400 deep center. Not bad.

JolyB · #2 08-12-2021, 11:18 AM

I'll take the under.
If they were playing on the field that was the original set for the movie, even pop flies would end up in the cornfield. That would give an entirely new meaning to the term "can of corn"

But an entirely new field has been constructed for this game, located just to the north of the original site. Its dimentions meet current MLB standards and are supposed to be reminiscent to the old Comiskey Park, where the White Sox used to play.

Here's is a link to an article in the Des Moines Register that has lots of photos of the new field and info on the game. You may need to scrool down through all of the photo displays in the article. It may be hokey but should still be fun, especially for old time baseball fans [if you remember Johnny Logan as one of the Braves of the 50's who made the move from Boston to Milwaukee, you qualify]

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...ox/5557003001/

DonGuido · #3 08-13-2021, 11:50 AM

That ball game was extremely entertaining from the opening intro, to the film clips breaks to very exciting ball game . . . thinking the Yankees were done but "it's not over 'till it's over" but wait another dinger by the Sox . . . a walk off to win the game. It was like Kevin Costner wrote the script and it was really a movie.

What a show and what a ballgame!!! And maybe we saw what Heaven might be like!!!

JB, not sure how many 4 baggers were hit but I bet I was very close to 10.

JolyB · #4 08-13-2021, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DonGuido

That ball game was extremely entertaining from the opening intro, to the film clips breaks to very exciting ball game . . . thinking the Yankees were done but "it's not over 'till it's over" but wait another dinger by the Sox . . . a walk off to win the game. It was like Kevin Costner wrote the script and it was really a movie.

What a show and what a ballgame!!! And maybe we saw what Heaven might be like!!!

JB, not sure how many 4 baggers were hit but I bet I was very close to 10.

I counted 8, including the walk-off. Might have missed one. The ball was flying out in that hot, dry Iowa air.

Quite a game. They will be talking about it in Dyersville for decades to come.