‘Field of Dreams’ Town Prepares To Host First MLB Game

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Thursday night marks the first-ever Major League Baseball game in Iowa, and its being held in Dyersville, the town made famous by the film “Field of Dreams.” TODAY’s Harry Smith got a preview.
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@joeqb5992 2 года назад

I’m from Hawaii and I love baseball and this movie. As soon as this pandemic is over I’m taking my 78 year old dad here.

@tedcurrently6092 2 года назад

Dyersville is my grandpa's home town. I wish he was alive to see this. I played a little ball with him on that field.

@stephaniegormley9982 2 года назад

I wish they'd played the game on that field.

@NazriB 5 месяцев назад

Lies again? HDB Paris In My Dreams

@briangisler1981 2 года назад

Greatest baseball movie ever made. If you didn’t cry or get teary-eyed during the movie, then you’re not human. It touches your heart and Soul at the same time. I saw it 10 times and I can watch it again and again.

@wickedcrypto6004 2 года назад

Being from NJ just minutes away from the birthplace of baseball Hoboken, I can so appreciate this.... Epic

@shelleylongacre2561 2 года назад

Field of Dreams is and always be one of my favorite movies.

@deanfirnatine7814 2 года назад

The game was magic, just like the movie, the book and that cornfield

@lathamarea1437 2 года назад

my 12 year old son and his best of the best all star teammates played three games on the original field of little league in Williamsport..I'm not sure he understood the history or the importance of pitching on that sacred mound but for me, it was humbling..

@lorisharpe 2 года назад

Being an Iowan… they did us proud❤️

@dimetime35c 2 года назад

This game and seeing Wrigley field hosting the world series are two of the greatest moments of modern MLB.

@nasirjones7666 2 года назад

Yeah if your a cubs fan lol.

@mixedhairless 2 года назад

That game was an instant classic…

@johncriske6368 2 года назад

ONE of the best baseball games that I have ever watched---hope they do it again--

@flexvision2000 2 года назад

They are, this time the Chicago Cubs. 2022 season.

@survivrs 2 года назад

@@flexvision2000 and the Reds.

@flexvision2000 2 года назад

@@survivrs Most definite to watch

@survivrs 2 года назад

@@flexvision2000 Yep! Being from Iowa, I had goosebumps from beginning to end of this game. I love the White Sox and hate the Yankees, and obviously loved how it finished. Either way, it was cool. When Kevin Costner said "I didn't hear you", the fans let him have it the 2nd time. I'm curious if they might make more bleachers for next year. When our boys were young, we took them there. We loved how immaculate the entire place was.

@philandtrish 2 года назад

Yes, and it is too bad they are going to do it again in my opinion. I think it will dilute the 'magic' of the novel and the movie, but that's the way of the world we live in...

@swspartanhwk 2 года назад

I hope they play a game there every year

@FilmFan2500 2 месяца назад

If you get the chance to experience this - do it. THE field is outstanding. Amazing experience and such kind, friendly and down to earth people as well.

@nuwavedave 2 года назад

The Field of Dreams Game feels like a natural extension of the movie. It even has a fairytale ending!

@jasonheneghan98 2 года назад

Baseball brings us together in ways we could never imagine, nothing but love and respect for the game and the people that make the sport what it is🙏🏼

@redbug3777 2 года назад

⚾💕

@FilmFan2500 2 месяца назад

Amazing game & experience that lasts with those who understand & grow up with it- for a lifetime!

@matteowatteo1296 2 года назад

"How can you not be romantic about baseball?" "It was a metaphor Billy." "I know."

@chuckholt5375 2 года назад

I’m sorry… I live in Atlanta and major-league baseball put the screws to us. I’m over it.

@martinhonan9588 2 года назад

@@chuckholt5375 sorry to hear that (living in Atlanta)

@chuckholt5375 2 года назад

@@martinhonan9588 I got that… Funny.

@martinhonan9588 2 года назад

@@chuckholt5375 I used to have alot of Corp meetings in ATL back in the day. Last baseball game I went to was braves/Sox 2010

@jhaas68865 2 года назад

I am from this town. Life there is completely different compared to any big city. Main Street is two blocks long. I have taken my sons there and we have had four generations of family out there. My older son who is the baseball kid got to play against the ghost players. They are the Harlem globetrotters of baseball. They put bases shorter than the normal runs for the kids. When he was running to second the ghost player stole the shorter base and ran away with it. My son looked at the normal second and ran to it and told him he made it to the base. They all had a good laugh.

@xamurai00 Год назад

What a fantastic way to ensure you are never lonely again in your old age.. Your front yard full of loving families.. truly is a tiny tiny glimpse of Heaven.

@michaelmacintyre9643 2 года назад

Sad how so many players were treated so horribly by so many owners for so many years. Not just in baseball either, all sports. This does make me smile however.

@jorgereyna4119 2 года назад

That place is a landmark

@dennyluster3089 2 года назад

Harry Smith attended a college in Iowa (Central College) where he earned his Communications degree. I’m surprised he didn’t mention his own connection to the state.

@bbbt8090 2 года назад

One my top 20 best movies ever made

@buckeyefangirl1976 2 года назад

That's just so cool.❤️❤️❤️

@chicagolandnation635 2 года назад

The game yes, the movie not so much

@durham_mahrud 2 года назад

@@chicagolandnation635 your opinion is not so cool either

@bobbg9041 2 года назад

This should be an annual event using retired baseball all star players. You would have had to been in an Allstars game to play.

@chuckers40 2 года назад

I think this will be an annual event.

@lamelama22 2 года назад

@@chuckers40 Yea but an annual regular NYY vs CWS game isn't as compelling as a HoF game... maybe do both? Several teams have old-timers day, where they do the old timers game first and & then do the regular game, that could work here. In the movie they were all ghosts of HoF players (or other players they deemed worthy enough like Dr Graham).

@chuckers40 2 года назад

@@lamelama22 I think they will do this with different teams. Make it a rivalry game: Ex: Yankees/Red Sox for next year.

@bobworkingman4366 2 года назад

It will turn into a SHW event😢

@trevorphillips2868 2 года назад

I would love to see Kenny Powers throw some pitches.

@jackrodakthemovieguy1726 2 года назад

im glad they arent using the actual field. That is an iconic piece of cinema that the MLB should not mess up

@bobbowie9350 2 года назад

Its a field though

@briangisler1981 2 года назад

The original field is hallowed ground. I agree with you.

@coasterviking305 2 года назад

The actual field does not meet MLB Ballpark standards anyway

@FilmFan2500 2 месяца назад

just visited the field earlier this week - (Father and Grandfather have roots from IW) but my lady and I went on a road trip and stopped to play catch and hit a few balls here - (her second time visiting - first for me). The field is hallowed ground - and I think it may be heaven.

@survivrs 2 года назад

This was set in the best place possible because this area of Iowa is some of the flattest ground you will find. If you go farther to the east, you'll run into the Mississippi and it's bluffs. I had goosebumps from the night of the game. Especially Kevin Costner's comments at the beginning. When he told the 8,000 he couldn't hear them, that jacked it up! Is this Heaven? NO, IT'S IOWA! I'm sure there were plenty of people who saw this as a gimmick, but for the people who were there, it wasn't a gimmick, it was beauty!!

@renatacantore3684 Год назад

Thank you for sharing this beautiful story! It’s wonderful to see how your Dreams can come true ❤️👏🏽👏🏼🇺🇸

@ethanross3157 2 года назад

I just saw a video with Eric Sim playing here! Awesome field.

@michelleaguirre6382 2 года назад

The today show: if you build it he will come... and shoeless joe Jackson came." However, when the voice said "If you build it he will come," the voice was actually referring to Ray's (Kevin Costner's characters) dad in the movie, NOT shoeless joe jackson.

@thomahammer9581 2 года назад

Exactly. That was the tear-jerker moment in the movie when you realized that an applied it to your own life. Especially if your father had already passed away.

@knightfall209 2 года назад

I stop watching sports last 2 years but I watched everything I could on this field awesome

@captlucky2320 2 года назад

Wish they'd play the game on the actual feild

@ProphetZacJohnston 2 года назад

I thought it was! Lol how stupid!!!

@sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад

Actual field is too small. It's little league size and no room for large grandstands, etc.

@bobbowie9350 2 года назад

Exactly. This is fake

@beejel9628 2 года назад

@@sergeantmasson3669 wait the actual infield or the outfield is just too short?

@PAKiller1 2 года назад

I have been there.. it is a magical place

@JC-fw5od 2 года назад

They should have play the game on that exact field

@sj4632 2 года назад

They can't, it's too small and can't fit a small stadium.

@sraven25 2 года назад

I agree it's not really a true Field of Dreams. More like a normal outdoor stadium with cornfields surrounding it

@Max-ck1bm 2 года назад

@@sraven25 a typical fly ball would be a homer

@davidovics92 2 года назад

@@sj4632 so what? you can cut some of the corn to extend the outfield, and about the lack of stands... who cares, MLB can survive one more game with no fans in attendance. it would've made it even more unique. just the ballplayers and the cornfield. just like in the movie.

@billjohnston5962 2 года назад

Not Mlb specs.. .yes it would of been cool, but it's the next best thing... Enjoy and no worries.

@TheGatlinburgHussey 2 года назад

Love this

@dudermam 2 года назад

That's beautiful.

@shan4883 2 года назад

Wow this is so cool!!!! 😎

@philandtrish 2 года назад

I love that they referenced the novel and that the field was patterned after old Comiskey Park.

@redbug3777 2 года назад

Tim Anderson is King of Baseball for a Day! ⚾✨

@chocolatechipslime 2 года назад

I have to visit this place! But it’s 15 hours from me.

@astrogreenarrow 2 года назад

I hope they make it a regular season field that u can go and watche the game during the season

@KNBARON 2 года назад

ID START WATCHING BASEBALL AGAIN>>>IF THEY ADDED THESE TYPE OF STADIUMS AND GAMES>>>

@lane-gw8ql 2 года назад

was going to watch it, but saw the commissioner there....turned the channel instantly.

@user-xx4lr5xf5c 2 года назад

White Sox 6 Yankees 4

@bobworkingman4366 2 года назад

The field of dreams was a great movie - brings back memories of childhood. It is not the savior for MLB, MLB has turned into the SJWL. MLB-RIP

@billjohnston5962 2 года назад

Costner was loaded before the game started...lol.. Good luck with the first pitch. I grew up not to far far from Dyersville.. So i get it..

@Nyhiak 2 года назад

Cute tourist attraction.

@kermitfrog593 2 года назад

I thought they were playing on the original field. Any ball hit past the outfielders would get lost in the corn and be a home run.

@martinhonan9588 2 года назад

MLB will do anything for ratings.

@brettaustin7663 2 года назад

Good

@emmakai2243 2 года назад

What's with the cynicism? Trying to think of a downside. Great movie/story about redemption, with real-life property owners, new and old with great personal stories of their own.

@whenisdinner2137 2 года назад

Is that not their job?

@chicagolandnation635 2 года назад

Anything 🤔💭

@bobbowie9350 2 года назад

This is false advertising

@pikasnipe1 2 года назад

$2000 for a ticket.... Yup, thats what it's all about.

@wickedcrypto6004 2 года назад

Remember when ticket were $10. LOL

@pikasnipe1 2 года назад

@@wickedcrypto6004 almost had to pay US to go.

@Tamsyn12003 2 года назад

This year…go to the website…Cubs playing, tickets around $6,000 up to well over $10,000. Disgusting. Not what the movie was about.

@andrewwerner2061 2 года назад

Wow youtube

@JohnBrown722so 2 года назад

Id love to do that. My goodness Lord help me fulfill my dreams

@lkjhb1 2 года назад

Just like in the movie Interstellar

@kbholla 2 года назад

I would love to live and die in that town with a beautiful wife, a child, and a dog. I will make my dream come true.

@bevredhm8474 2 года назад

It's too bad you used a computer generated voice. :0(

@mrs6968 2 года назад

Here's the only real question on everyone's mind. How when and where can you buy those actual ears of corn. Just to brag about eating corn from that infamous field? Lol

@dvanhoose01 2 года назад

What if it's a rain delay

@northstar6888 2 года назад

FROM GEORGIA????? And it's not the same field MLB built this one.

@JR-he6fn 2 года назад

You sure this ain’t heaven?

@Malcolmdeeb 2 года назад

Go the distance.

@2332Stephen 2 года назад

The today show did the research? Didn't take much thought to figure out who the two teams were if you were actually fans of the movie🙄🙄 I call bsht on this crew

@drewhendley 2 года назад

Ease his pain and reinstate Shoeless Joe into the Hall of Fame ⚾️

@sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад

Ironic that the Chicago White Sox won the game.

@chrisratcliff7466 2 года назад

Ahhh as the world burns and eats itself alive, it's nice to escape into baseball while we still can

@philipnerland1150 2 года назад

Written by a Canadian

@dvanhoose01 2 года назад

Shoeless Joe Jackson

@COMICNICKY 2 года назад

LOOKS LIKE KANSAS TO ME

@AWCTB 2 года назад

Midwestern states like Iowa Kansas and Nebraska look nearly the same.

@forevergone3637 2 года назад

Its the Midwest lol. Even the economy gisnts of the Midwest, like Illinois, has tons upon tons of corn fields.

@hawkeyejeff4495 2 года назад

@@AWCTB F*** Nebraska

@BigDogRidgeback 2 года назад

Keep all sports OUT OF MAINE!

@fwfw955 2 года назад

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@jasoneaton9477 2 года назад

I never got why is this a big deal.. like e.t. Rudy..I just don't get pop culture

@bobworkingman4366 2 года назад

Field of Dreams - great movie MLB - RIP no savior please do not compare movie to a disaster MLB league it’s a joke

@bobbowie9350 2 года назад

This isn't the same field from the movie. Complete gimmick.. False advertising by mlb. What else is new.

@dc76384 2 года назад

🤮

@youflaw3285 2 года назад

Just don’t let RAP music enter this town!!!

@Bolverine 2 года назад

They played Drake so yeah 💁‍♂️

@JorgeMendez-kn5ql 2 года назад

Should’ve played on the real Field of Dreams. This event was too corporatized and missed an opportunity to capture the beauty of baseball and Americana.

@aliciaborth3016 2 года назад

I think it would have damaged the original field, plus no outfield. It wouldn't be fun to watch with nearly every hit being a home run.

@The630116 2 года назад

MLB and FOX greed greed greed..should of played on orignal diamond and 50 fans to make this very special..now they got 10 thousand fans and concrete.Shame on MLB and Fox