MLB at Field of Dreams

MLB at Field of Dreams is a planned regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) game scheduled for August 12, 2021, in Dyersville, Iowa, during the 2021 MLB season. The game is to be between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. The White Sox will be designated as the home team for the game, thus counting towards their home record. This will be the first MLB game played in the state of Iowa.[1] The game is planned to be televised on Fox and will be sponsored by GEICO.[2]

MLB at Field of Dreams
Teams
DateAugust 12, 2021
VenueField of Dreams
CityDyersville, Iowa
Managers
TelevisionFox

The game was originally planned to be played on August 13, 2020, with the White Sox facing the New York Yankees.[1] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB then implemented a shortened 2020 season that limited games played to each team's division and the opposite league's geographically equal division to reduce travel. Hence, on July 1, MLB announced that the St. Louis Cardinals would replace the Yankees for the game.[3] After several St. Louis players and coaches tested positive for COVID-19 in late July, MLB postponed several Cardinals games, eventually leading the league to announce on August 3 that the MLB at Field of Dreams game will be postponed to the 2021 season. The White Sox will still participate in 2021, and it was announced on November 23, 2020 that the visiting team for the rescheduled game remains the Yankees.[4][5]

Ballpark

The game will be held at the filming location of the 1989 baseball movie, in Dyersville, Iowa. The field constructed for the movie, which had been operated as a tourist destination since 1989, could not be brought to MLB game standards without permanently altering major features of the property and destroying its movie authenticity, so it was decided to build a separate playing facility at a distance of approximately 500 feet in the cornfields.

A temporary 8,000-seat ballpark has been constructed specifically for the game. The design of the ballpark pays homage to the White Sox home from 1910 to 1990, Comiskey Park, including the shape of the outfield and the bullpens beyond the center field fence. The right field wall includes windows to show the cornfields beyond the ballpark and provides views of the movie set.[2][1] Many of the temporary structures that were intended for MLB at Field of Dreams were moved to Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York to allow that ballpark to accommodate the Toronto Blue Jays.[6][7]

Game

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References
  1. Castrovince, Anthony (August 8, 2019). "Yanks, White Sox to play at 'Field of Dreams'". MLB.com. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  2. Castrovince, Anthony (August 8, 2019). "Field of Dreams FAQ: Tickets and other details". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  3. Van Schouwen, Daryl (July 1, 2020). "Cardinals will be White Sox' opponent in Field of Dreams game". Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. "MLB postpones Cards-White Sox Field of Dreams game to 2021". FoxSports.com. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  5. Harrigan, Thomas (November 23, 2020). "Field of Dreams game set for Aug. 12, 2021". MLB.com. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  6. Harrington, Mike (July 24, 2020). "What has to be done to get Sahlen Field ready for MLB, Blue Jays". The Buffalo News.
  7. Zwelling, Arden (August 10, 2020). "How Blue Jays transformed Sahlen Field into their temporary home". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
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