White Sox, Yankees to Play at 'Field of Dreams' in Iowa

If you build it, they will come.

Well, the White Sox will at least. 

That's because the South Side Chicago team will head to Iowa next year to host the first-ever major-league game at the Field of Dreams.

The game will be against the New York Yankees on Aug. 13, 2020, according to the team.

The 1989 movie “Field of Dreams,” which is about an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball diamond on his land, bringing the ghosts of baseball greats to play, was filmed in Dyersville, Iowa and the site has since become a tourist attraction. 

"'Field of Dreams' is an iconic, generational baseball story built upon a deep love of the game that transcends even the most impossible of circumstances," White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement. "The filmmakers tell a beautiful story that resonates to this day. It is an incredible honor for the White Sox franchise to be the home team against the Yankees in a special setting that will capture everyone’s imagination just like the movie does. It seems very fitting that 30 years after the film’s debut, MLB will build a ballfield in an Iowa cornfield where we will come to play a game so that baseball fans can create their own memories to be cherished for decades.”

"Next year, the Field of Dreams becomes reality," MLB wrote on Twitter Thursday. 

The Yankees also posted a video showing an iconic scene from the movie, but replacing Ray Liotta, who played “Shoeless” Joe Jackson in the film, with Aaron Judge.

“Hey, is this heaven?” Judge asks.

The video then cuts to Kevin Costner saying “No, it’s Iowa.”

“See you in Iowa 8.13.20, @whitesox,” the Yankees tweeted Thursday.

The game will not only be the first major-league baseball game played at the movie location, but also in the state of Iowa. The MLB said it plans to begin constructing an 8,000-seat ballpark at the Dyersville site later this month. 

"As a sport that is proud of its history linking generations, Major League Baseball is excited to bring a regular season game to the site of Field of Dreams," Commissioner Robert D. Manfred said in a statement. "We look forward to celebrating the movie’s enduring message of how baseball brings people together at this special cornfield in Iowa.”

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