Off Topic - Field of Dreams

[JolyB]

This is not racing related, but I wanted to mention for any baseball fans or Kevin Costner fans that this Thursday evening the Yankees and the White Sox will be playing an official MLB game in Dyersburg, Iowa at a newly built baseball field in the immediate vicinity of the original site used for the Field of Dreams movie more than 3 years ago.

The event sounds like it was made for TV since the field only has bleacher seating for about 8,000 spectators and from aerial photos of the field, parking appears to be even more limited.

When I first read about the event I wondered how they could play an MLB game on the movie set, since it appeared to be much too small. As it turns out, an entirely new field was carved out of a cornfield not far away, but with dimentions that are closer to MLB standards. I think you can still expect that the cornfields will be prominent.

Should be interesting to see if only for the novelty. I think that Fox Sports will have coverage.