DYERSVILLE, Iowa — In 1989, when the movie “Field of Dreams” was released, I don’t think anyone would have thought the location, which is pretty far off the proverbial beaten path, would become a place not only for baseball fans to flock to, but the site for Major League Baseball to stage two regular-season games.
The film is based on a novel by W.P. Kinsella called “Shoeless Joe” (and if you haven’t read it, you really should, it’s wonderful). It’s got a lot of baseball in it, but in the end, the movie made about the book really isn’t about baseball at all.