White Sox v. Yankees at Field of Dreams
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The studio had filmed a Richard Gere movie the previous summer in Worthington which is five miles south of Dyersville, and were scouting sites for "Shoeless Joe" at the same time--they had just bought the rights to it.
Costner--"This isn't a gimmick game.".
It's really a genius marketing idea by MLB.
The fantastic ground level batter box shot showing the batters against the beautiful Iowa sky will be shown over and over.
It's really a genius marketing idea by MLB.
The fantastic ground level batter box shot showing the batters against the beautiful Iowa sky will be shown over and over.
And the sound all going one direction.
And don't most parks have at least some outfield stands that 'centralize' the sound?
The Gere movie was called Miles From Home and Gere secretly lived with one of my classmate's family for several weeks to learn how to play a farmer before filming started.
I have a friend at work from Dyersville, I guarantee he is as well. That's all we've done this week is talk about today. We are both baseball nuts and his hometown has a great baseball history.
I am assuming since there were no natural barriers to concern themselves with in the outfield, that the dimensions of the field are what MLB considers ideal for big league players.
MLB has be loving how this is turning out. You know they wanted a few homers into the corn and were scared to death a 3-2 homerless game would end up occurring.
Watch to the end (didnt read the thread, sorry it already posted)
“People will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.”
Love the way James Earl Jones delivers that speech.
True, however, Mr. Gopher Ball, Heaney, is pitching for the Yanks. There was no way he won't give up 2 to 5 homers. He's only on the roster because so many peeps be injured or coivd IL. He'll be gone soon when they come back. LOL at how many runs the Red Sox will light him up for if he is still on the team next week.
I watched it for the first time since I was a wee lad yesterday.
My 15 y.o. just said "who is Kevin Costner" so I guess we're watching it after this.
Iowa sunsets don't get enough credit.
They mentioned early in the broadcast that, while not exact, the dimensions are based off of old Comiskey Park.
I haven't been a big baseball guy since I was a kid, but this is very, very cool. Something special.
