Seth Udinski, FISM News
On Thursday, baseball and cinema fans were treated to a game unlike any other in the history of Major League Baseball.
MLB created a “Field of Dreams” in a cornfield in Iowa, next to the iconic field immortalized in the 1989 classic baseball movie starring Kevin Costner. The New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox squared off at the cornfield, and they delighted the small but energetic crowd of just under 8,000 to a game fit for a Hollywood script.
The game began with a classy callback to the “cornfield entrance” scene from the movie:
The MLB Field of Dreams game 😍⚾️
(via @MLB) pic.twitter.com/1rVdXuzemF
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 12, 2021
Wearing classic throwback uniforms, the two teams battled back and forth, hitting the cover off the ball the whole night. They totaled eight homeruns between them. Finally, in the bottom of the 9th inning with the Yankees leading 8-7, White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson came to the plate with one out and a runner on first. He then blasted an opposite-field homerun into the cornfield beyond the right field fence to win the game and give baseball fans nationwide a delightful ending to a very special night.
TIM ANDERSON WALKOFF AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS. QUITE THE GAME pic.twitter.com/CDXce3eDIL
— Barstool Chicago (@barstoolchicago) August 13, 2021
The Sox improve to 68-48 on the season and are well on their way to an American League (AL) Central division title. Meanwhile, the Yankees drop to 63-52 which places them still in the mix of the AL playoff race, but seven games back of the AL East division leading Tampa Bay Rays.