Major League Baseball could make the Field of Dreams game an annual tradition and play it for the next 100 years without being able to replicate the magic of Thursday’s inaugural event at the ballpark in a Dyersville, Iowa, cornfield.
From the stunning visuals New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone called “breathtaking” to the atmosphere Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson referred to as “dope” — and to the ninth inning that saw the Sox blow a three-run lead only to wind up with a walk-off, 9-8 win on Anderson’s two-run, opposite-field home run — it was as close to a perfect script as MLB could’ve asked for.