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Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 12 2021 06:12 PM

MLB messes up a lot of stuff, but they are doing a good job with the Field of Dreams game -- choice of visiting team not withstanding. I thought they did a good job with the Williamsport game, too. I've been to the field -- the set, not this new field -- and it was really neat. We have a nice family photo in the field with the corn and white house in the background.

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 06:21 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

For the record, the first ML HR in the state of Iowa belongs to Jose Abreu. Unfortunately, the second belongs to Aaron Judge. 3-1 Yanx, middle of the 3rd

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 06:31 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Which brings a question to mind: which states have hosted ML* games despite never having a home franchise? The Brooklyn Dodgers played occasional 'home' games in New Jersey. MLB staged a Sunday Night game (IIRC) in Ft Bragg a few years back putting North Carolina onto the list. Iowa makes three. I suspect there are more though can't think of any right now. * limiting this to NL/AL games since 1901

G-Fafif Aug 12 2021 06:42 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

The A's played home games in Nevada (Las Vegas) early one season while the Coliseum was undergoing some renovations.

kcmets Aug 12 2021 06:45 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

The only field of dreams game I'm interested in is the one where the DH goes bye-bye and never returns. Sadly, soon will probably be the field of nightmares, coming this offseason to a corn field near you.

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 06:53 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Sox = 3 in the cornfield vs 1 for the Yanx 7-3, bottom of the 4th The dimensions of the park seem to be about average; three of the four HRs have gone out to RF and it's not nearly as short as at YSIII (335 down the line). But the ball does seem to be carrying.

kcmets Aug 12 2021 06:59 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Frayed Knot wrote: But the ball does seem to be carrying. It's the ethanol fumes in the air.

Edgy MD Aug 12 2021 07:04 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

(DebbieDowner)I'm pretty sure the ballfield is several hundred yards from where the field stood in the film. And beyond that, building an actual ballpark around the field kind of undermines the spirit of the enterprise, no?(/DebbieDowner)

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 12 2021 07:10 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

I'm liking this game more and more. 7-3 Sox!!

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 07:12 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Are they still making ethanol out of corn? For a while that was considered the big thing among environmentalists but it proved to be more promise than performance to the point where even Al Gore finally admitted that the (public) money poured into it had been a mistake. We were passing all kinds of factories? along the way last week (they looked more like overgrown barns) which I'm sure were making something out of corn and/or soybeans but I have no clue what specifically was going on inside.

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 07:14 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Edgy MD wrote: I'm pretty sure the ballfield is several hundred yards from where the field stood in the film. It is

Chad ochoseis Aug 12 2021 07:26 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Frayed Knot wrote: Which brings a question to mind: which states have hosted ML* games despite never having a home franchise? * limiting this to NL/AL games since 1901 Not exactly a state (yet) but Puerto Rico hosted a whole lot of Expos "home" games in 2004.

MFS62 Aug 12 2021 07:31 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Frayed Knot wrote: Which brings a question to mind: which states have hosted ML* games despite never having a home franchise? The Brooklyn Dodgers played occasional 'home' games in New Jersey. MLB staged a Sunday Night game (IIRC) in Ft Bragg a few years back putting North Carolina onto the list. Iowa makes three. I suspect there are more though can't think of any right now. * limiting this to NL/AL games since 1901 Not states, but IIRC, Major League home games were played by Brooklyn in Montreal (Pre-Expos, when it was a Brooklyn farm team) and I think some were played in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but I'm not sure if those were regular season or exhibition games. OE: was typing this when Chad Ochoseis poster his response that confirms my comment about San Juan. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 07:43 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

And the Yanx/Sawx played at least something resembling baseball in London a few years back. But I was thinking strictly about U. S. states.

Edgy MD Aug 12 2021 07:46 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Frayed Knot wrote: Are they still making ethanol out of corn? For a while that was considered the big thing among environmentalists but it proved to be more promise than performance to the point where even Al Gore finally admitted that the (public) money poured into it had been a mistake. And it's still subsidized and it probably will be as long as the primary season continues to start with the Iowa Caucus.

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 12 2021 08:37 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Trying to think of other potential places for such a baseball game in the US. They've already played in Williamsport and Fort Bragg. I know there was the exhibition game on Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, but ever a game that counted? Maybe Omaha, where the College World Series is played every year? Maybe a really cool minor-league stadium? A game in Alaska where the Goldpanners play, or in Hawaii?

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 08:40 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Judge hits his 2nd of the night, this time with one on, and it's 7-6 ChiSox w/2 out in the 9th btw, we're also well over 3 hours already

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 08:44 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Walk (Gallo) + HR (Stanton) and it's 8-7 Yanx Fuckin' Rojas!

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 08:55 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

2R walk-off HR by Tim Anderson w/one out wins it for the Sox !!!!!!!!! About 20 corn rows deep

G-Fafif Aug 12 2021 08:56 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

MFYs lose, so yes, it is heaven.

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 12 2021 08:58 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

OK, NOW it's heaven! Thank you, Tim Anderson, American hero.

bmfc1 Aug 12 2021 08:59 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Great ending, especially with Tim Anderson (a non-Met that I like) getting it done. Manfred said that there will be another game next August and the Cubs Manager accidentally said that the Cubs are in the game. Too bad that the Mets don't play the Cubs that month.

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 09:00 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

They would have won if Jeter were out there.

Frayed Knot Aug 12 2021 09:05 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

=bmfc1 post_id=74301 time=1628823577 user_id=73] Manfred said that there will be another game next August and the Cubs Manager accidentally said that the Cubs are in the game. Too bad that the Mets don't play the Cubs that month.

Being out in Iowa for a week just recently, my non-scientific observation indicated that the state seemed to favor the Cubs but with a sizeable StL fan base as well (didn't see much ChiSox support). That the CHC top farm team has been in Des Moines for years Shirley has something to do with that.





And, yeah, Tim Anderson is both really good and really fun.

bmfc1 Aug 12 2021 09:10 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Interesting. So CHC v STL makes sense. (I know nothing about Iowa other than from Field of Dreams and the Caucuses every 4 years so I'd be curious to learn your other observations.)

Willets Point Aug 12 2021 09:10 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

I like that a Black man from Alabama is the hero on a night they're wearing throwback uniforms to the era of segregation.

Willets Point Aug 12 2021 09:19 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Chad ochoseis wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Which brings a question to mind: which states have hosted ML* games despite never having a home franchise? * limiting this to NL/AL games since 1901 Not exactly a state (yet) but Puerto Rico hosted a whole lot of Expos "home" games in 2004. The Padres and the Cardinals played a 3-game series at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu in 1997. The Royals and the Tigers played a game tied in with the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha in 2019.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 12 2021 09:24 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Lunchpail's extremely expensive bat is a Tim Anderson model, so we're like, financially invested in him.

Frayed Knot Aug 13 2021 04:16 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Willets Point wrote: The Padres and the Cardinals played a 3-game series at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu in 1997. The Royals and the Tigers played a game tied in with the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha in 2019. Excellent. So we're up to New Jersey, North Carolina, Nevada, Iowa, Nebraska, and Hawaii tacked onto the 17 different states plus DC that regularly host ML games. And in foreign lands regular season games have been played in Canada (Ontario & Quebec) plus Puerto Rico, Mexico, England, and Japan

Frayed Knot Aug 13 2021 04:46 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

So it seems that last night was the 15th time the White Sox have beat the Yanquis via a walk-off HR. The first one? 7/20/1919 ... some guy named Joe Jackson I'm guessing no one called it a 'Walk-Off' back then.

MFS62 Aug 13 2021 05:20 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Frayed Knot wrote: 2R walk-off HR by Tim Anderson w/one out wins it for the Sox !!!!!!!!! About 20 corn rows deep A corny ending, for sure. Later

seawolf17 Aug 13 2021 06:28 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

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Edgy MD Aug 13 2021 07:21 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Oh, I've got other quibbles. A major theme of the film was the redemption of the reputation of Joe Jackson. MLB, in presenting this game, appropriates the warm feelies generated by that cinematic redemption while still perpetuating the damnation of the same in Jackson's real-world ban. Putting a fence in between the cornfield and the baseball field undermines the pastoral theme of baseball on the prairie with it's perpetual outfield stretching into eternity, actually becoming a gateway between eternity and the temporal world the film. Beyond the warning track should have led right into the field, and any hits out there should have remained in play, giving us the joy of outfielders chasing deep drives through the stalks and invisibly launching blind throws out of corn while mesomorphs try to circle the bases. That would be some good baseball! The leftfielders wore shoes.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 13 2021 07:35 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Edgy MD wrote: Oh, I've got other quibbles. A major theme of the film was the redemption of the reputation of Joe Jackson. MLB, in presenting this game, appropriates the warm feelies generated by that cinematic redemption while still perpetuating the damnation of the same in Jackson's real-world ban. and does so behind sports-book advertisers like Draft King

G-Fafif Aug 13 2021 07:39 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Remarkable setting. Spectacular (not to mention desired) conclusion. Imperfect but ultimately moving movie served as inspiration for baseball to do something out of the ordinary that came off as extraordinary. Tim Anderson was transcendent. It was the most brilliant baseball ending of the day, and that's taking into account Pete Alonso's exploits hours earlier. Here's to a little joy on a Thursday night.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 13 2021 08:03 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

I'd agree with that take too

kcmets Aug 13 2021 08:07 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: and does so behind sports-book advertisers like Draft King Huzzah!

Edgy MD Aug 13 2021 08:37 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

=G-Fafif post_id=74324 time=1628861993 user_id=55] Remarkable setting. Spectacular (not to mention desired) conclusion. Imperfect but ultimately moving movie served as inspiration for baseball to do something out of the ordinary that came off as extraordinary. Tim Anderson was transcendent. It was the most brilliant baseball ending of the day, and that's taking into account Pete Alonso's exploits hours earlier. Here's to a little joy on a Thursday night.

Man, then. Don't I look like the stinker.

Willets Point Aug 13 2021 09:15 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Edgy MD wrote: A major theme of the film was the redemption of the reputation of Joe Jackson. MLB, in presenting this game, appropriates the warm feelies generated by that cinematic redemption while still perpetuating the damnation of the same in Jackson's real-world ban. I think it's too late for Shoeless Joe to make a comeback, although I'd support the Mets picking him up for outfield depth.

MFS62 Aug 13 2021 09:39 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Willets Point wrote: I think it's too late for Shoeless Joe to make a comeback, although I'd support the Mets picking him up for outfield depth. I'd prefer a righty hitter. Later

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 13 2021 09:39 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Redemption is certainly a theme, but not just for Joe and the Kinsellas. One of my favorite parts of the movie was when Archie Graham first sees the field, is excited by seeing the players and calls out three players by name: Smoky Joe Wood, Mel Ott, and Gil Hodges. One player who had his career -- and life -- change dramatically because of a slip on wet grass and two who were lost far, far too young. Any day Gil is recalled with such reverence is a good day in my book. I also love that the obit they read in the Chisholm newspaper office is Graham's actual obit. They took some artistic license with his playing -- he played in the minors a bit before hanging them up -- and fudged the year of his death, but the details in the obit are accurate. "And there were times when children could not afford eyeglasses or milk or clothing. Yet no child was ever denied these essentials because in the background there was always Dr. Graham. Without any fanfare or publicity, the glasses or the milk or the ticket to the ballgame found their way into the child's pocket."

bmfc1 Aug 13 2021 09:41 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

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kcmets Aug 13 2021 09:49 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Edgy MD wrote: Man, then. Don't I look like the stinker. That's ok, I was (am) a bit of a wet blanket too.

Fman99 Aug 13 2021 11:32 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Joe Buck still sucks a butt, even in Iowa.

Edgy MD Aug 13 2021 11:35 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/djshort/status/1426005212955910145[/TWEET] I demand Shea Stadium be reconstructed for an Odd Couple game.

Willets Point Aug 13 2021 12:28 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

We could have a week of games at cinematic Shea. Men in Black Bang the Drum Slowly Two Weeks Notice Deadly Illusion The Odd Couple Small Time Crooks Chop Shop The Wiz

MFS62 Aug 13 2021 01:22 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

While we were enjoying the game, the folks in Iowa couldn't. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/08/12/mlb-tv-blackouts-commissioner-rob-manfred-field-of-dreams-game-top-priority-major-league-baseball/8111648002/ Local blackouts. Echhhh! Later

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 13 2021 01:48 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

My wife noted that when Anderson's blast sailed into the corn, Yankee-loving Verducci's tears must have fallen like soft rain.

dinosaur jesus Aug 13 2021 02:11 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

A friend of my in-laws is from Chisholm and remembers Doc Graham. The idea that someone could become a mythical figure just because he happened to appear in one major league box score must seem pretty strange to anyone who actually knew the man.

Frayed Knot Aug 13 2021 05:10 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

While we were enjoying the game, the folks in Iowa couldn't. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/08/12/mlb-tv-blackouts-commissioner-rob-manfred-field-of-dreams-game-top-priority-major-league-baseball/8111648002/ Local blackouts. Echhhh! This seems crazy but I guess ML rules just treated it as if any other games and the ChiSox broadcast didn't want to get stepped on by the National network. While traveling through Iowa last week, the division seemed to be mostly a Cubs/Cards split. You'd see bars with a schedule for each posted side-by-side on the wall but very little if any ChiSox (even though, being on Chicago's south side, they're technically a wee bit closer). That Des Moines has been the longtime Cubs' AAA affiliate probably has a lot to do with that and I suppose in western Iowa folks might tend more towards the Royals. Saw a lot more KC Chiefs stuff than Bears though that could be more a case of bandwagon jumping than anything else. The biggest split by far was Iowa vs Iowa St. A banner hanging from the front porch with a 'DIVIDED HOME' emblem (half Hawkeyes/half Cyclones) was a common sight.

kcmets Aug 13 2021 05:25 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Willets Point wrote: We could have a week of games at cinematic Shea. Men in Black Bang the Drum Slowly Two Weeks Notice Deadly Illusion The Odd Couple Small Time Crooks Chop Shop The Wiz We liked the movie Frequency here.

Marshmallowmilkshake Aug 13 2021 05:26 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

The most-watched regular season game in 16 years!

kcmets Aug 13 2021 05:31 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Didn't see a pitch and when coverage came on sports news I quickly changed the channel.

G-Fafif Aug 13 2021 10:37 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Wining teams's radio call, which is to say not the MFYs. [tweet]https://twitter.com/espnwhitesox/status/1426025326757519362[/tweet]

G-Fafif Aug 16 2021 08:29 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

[tweet]https://twitter.com/theathletic/status/1427456623245631511[/tweet]

Lefty Specialist Aug 17 2021 08:00 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

If everything breaks right for us, me and the Missus are going to do a big roadtrip next year, and we are planning to rent the Field of Dreams house for a night. I'll be Kevin Costner and she'll be Amy Madigan. It's stupidly expensive, but we decided to go the distance. To sit on the porch swing alone will be worth it. I went there in 1992 before it had completely blown up as a big deal. It was July and I have a picture of me standing on the edge of the corn somewhere.

Edgy MD Aug 17 2021 08:25 AM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

Whoah.

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2021 06:40 PM Re: Is this Heaven? The Field of Dreams game

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSQFUJylyNY/?utm_medium=copy_link OK, that's not FoD/Dyersville corn, it's merely a random cornfield on the side of the road we stopped at one morning because, well because pictures like that are mandatory when you're in Iowa. We wound up being closer to Dyersville than I realized but, with the game less than two weeks away and probably a ton of late prep work going on, they weren't about to route 15,000 idiot cyclists into the town.