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Last night was the second time an MLB game was played at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa. The game was a success despite its lack of star power and, well, in-game excitement, especially when compared to what we saw when the Yankees and White Sox played there last year.
As you’ll read below in more detail, the Field of Dreams game was special because it was a singular baseball experience during the dog days of summer. Yes, it’s a festival of nostalgia and a way for MLB to preach its own importance—or, as James Earl Jones’s character Terence Mann says, “It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.”—but that’s not a bad thing. After all, nostalgia is capable of softening even the hardest of hearts, and you probably wouldn’t be reading this newsletter now if you didn’t find baseball important.
