All Star Game Should Be Played At Field Of Dreams
Watching that Field of Dreams Game, you couldn’t help but be overtaken by how extraordinary it was. The players coming out of the cornfield. The views on TV. The game. All picture perfect.
What raised the game to another level was the game itself. Getting huge homers from legends like Tim Anderson, Aaron Judge, and Giancarlo Stanton elevated that game. You can argue they’re not legends, but what they did on the field will elevate them to that status as we’ll be talking about it forever.
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Whether you liked the movie, or not, there’s no denying there’s some magic to seeing the game there. That’s because the field is about the magic of baseball.
Put aside the hand wringing over Shoeless Joe and the Black Sox. Part of the magic and mystique was seeing the all-time greats emerge from the cornfield. There were players like Babe Ruth, Mel Ott, and other legendary all time greats – just not Ty Cobb.
There was a magic to seeing those players emerge from the cornfield and play. There was magic seeing the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees emerge in the Field of Dreams Game, but it meant something extra to see players like Judge and Stanton.
There can be an argument to rotate this game to other teams for the experience. There’s some problems there. First off, it’s not just the same the second go-round.
Due to the book and movie, the White Sox should also be taking part. After all, a large part of it is it’s their story. Mostly, you’re going to miss the opportunity to see some of the true greats emerge from that cornfield.
We should be seeing Mike Trout and Jacob deGrom. Without a doubt we need to see other future Hall of Famers like Mookie Betts, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, Francisco Lindor, Buster Posey, and many more. Essentially, what you need and want is all of the greats of the game emerging from the cornfield like in the movie.
The best way to accomplish that is an All-Star Game, and what an All-Star Game it would be.
Instead of the awful uniforms from this year, Nike can design the throwback (or for newer teams throwback feel) jerseys. Instead of seeing players looking for reasons to opt out, you may find those same players pushing up get in and participate.
You can even expand it. Each team could send a living legend to take part in the festivities and emerge from the cornfield. You can see Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey, Jr., Willie Mays, Mike Piazza and other living Hall of Famers. Invite them all to come and be a part of what could be the greatest event in all of pro sports.
This could be pure magic. It could be all that we love about what makes baseball great. It can all we love about it. You will get the entire sports world excited, and you will make new fans.
Yes, there are obstacles. There are All-Star Games already assigned. Certainly, you can overdo it by making it a yearly event.
However, if you do it just right, say one or twice a decade, it will be perfect just like how baseball can be perfect. This can be the best thing to ever happen to the sport in years. Hopefully, it will happen.
The idea, on its facei is interesting, but do you really think MLB’s going to hold an all star game in the middle of nowhere, lose all that money they otherwise get from holding events it in full stadium, suites, restuarants,, etc and that they can accommodate the swarms of people and facilities needed for VIP’s, families, the ballplayers in makeshift field?
And where would all those people go if it rains hard, or there’s bad storm?
They literally just set up a game there. I’m sure they can do it again.
Your idea is good, but there’s still logisitical and safety issues. The scale of an all star game is so much greater. And not just the All Star game, but the events on field and off in the days prior.
MLB could do it, but they will lose reams of money, would have to scale up in facilities and costs for the reams of people, media, old timers, player friends and families they have to accommodate.
Iowa is located in Tornado Alley.
July 15th, 2021, 26 tornadoes hit the state that day, one day after the All Star game was played in Colorado.. If it blows through where Field of Dreams was played, or in other associated locations, everything is destroyed and lives could be lost, festivities canceled. The All Star game requires more preparation and accommodation, more time to get things built than was needed for Thursday’s game.
I can assure you there’s zero chance they lose money, and there are weather issues in every city not named San Diego
There’s big difference between weather and tornados., and being in a stadium when they occur, not a pop up ballpark.
They built an inclement weather shelter on the grounds of the ballpark. Could it protect everyone in the 8,000 seat pop up ballpark plus everyone else?
Could they scale up seating capacity appropriate for All Star Game, Future’s Game, Home Run Derby, parade. Could they bus in that amount of people and then protect in the event of a pop up tornado?
Not my problem.
Manfred says the pop up park will remain standing and there will be another big league game there in 2022.