While walking through his cornfield one night, Ray hears a voice whispering, “If you build it, he will come” and sees a vision of a baseball diamond in his field. We learn rather quickly that Ray had daddy issues with his late father John, a devoted baseball fan. In Field of Dreams, we meet Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) who is a novice Iowa farmer who lives with his wife Annie (Amy Madigan) and daughter Karin (Gaby Hoffman). But to find anything that I don’t like about Field of Dreams is going to be difficult, just to warn you. ![]() I have been honest and straightforward with my reviews up to this point, which brought me some criticism along the way, so I’m not going to change my approach. But, rather than just gush away and get all warm and fuzzy about this movie like a rabid fanboy, I realize that I need to adroitly review this film because that’s the gig. A corn field…in Iowa.I have been waiting to review Field of Dreams since Eric and I started this series, because this has always been my #1. We believe winning has roots no matter what field you’re on, and the legacy of legendary performance comes from generations of meeting challenges head-on with persistence, passion, and team support.”įirst pitch is slated for 7:15 p.m. And with DEKALB brand’s deep legacy of providing performance to farmers, it really only makes sense that these two American classics, baseball and the famous winged ear of corn come together. “We’re honored to be the official corn seed of MLB at the Field of Dreams. Jamie Horton, DEKALB brand manager, says they’re very excited about working with Major League Baseball. So, I think this is a nice place to carry that message forward, but education as part of what we do because if we’re not telling our story, how can anyone really know the good things we do and what impacts we can have so that future generations can enjoy this planet as well as we do today.”Īnd the corn that surrounds the Field of Dreams will be DEKALB brand corn. What we would like for folks to know is that the feedstock of many of their consumable food and fuel items, that corn is being raised sustainable and environmentally sound and that’s a very big focus for farmers. “Consumer outreach is always a top priority for farmers. He adds that the Field of Dreams game is a great way to promote the hard work corn farmers do for consumers. “When you look at this being played in a cornfield in Iowa, that just makes a corn farmers heart sing,” says National Corn Growers Association Chairman John Linder. They’re hoping for even more viewers this Thursday night when the Chicago Cubs take on the Cincinnati Reds. Nearly 6 million viewers turned on Fox to watch White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson hit a walk-off homerun into the corn in the bottom of the ninth. Major League Baseball capitalized on that in 2021 when the New York Yankees squared off against my Chicago White Sox in Dyersville, Iowa at the iconic movie location. ![]() That movie forever tied baseball to corn. ![]() “Is this heaven?” That’s the iconic question posed to Ray Kinsella in the acclaimed 1989 film Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, and James Earl Jones.
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