Major League Baseball built an entirely new stadium for the game between the White Sox and Yankees. Front Office Sports AugHow big is the Field of Dreams stadium? MLB's Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, is complete with first pitch a week away.
If every baseball that went unfielded rolled into the corn for a ground-rule double or simply flew out for a home run, the ERAs for White Sox starter Lance Lynn and Yankees starter Andrew Heaney - along with several relievers - would certainly be sky-rocketing during the game. By comparison, Fenway Park, the oldest stadium in baseball, is 310 feet to left - albeit, with the Green Monster - and 302 feet to right with a 390-foot distance between true center and home plate.
The Field of Dreams website lists the infield as having MLB regulation size basepaths and mound-to-plate distances, but the outfield is 300 feet to left, 350 feet to center and 315 feet to right. According to MLB.com, it would not fit typical MLB dimensions and there would be too many baseballs getting lost in the cornfields. There is a path running through the cornfield that connects the "Field of Dreams" field with MLB's stadium for the game.įor those wondering why the game will not be played on the actual field from the movie, the reason is simple: it doesn't fit MLB guidelines.
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The park is designed similar to Comiskey Park and will have windows in the outfield that show the corn field in right field. The design of the park will connect both the 1919 White Sox and the film. The temporary stadium can hold 8,000 spectators. The White Sox and Yankees will face off against one another in Dyersville, Iowa, in a ballpark built next to the original Field of Dreams diamond. Sporting News has you covered with all the information you need to know about the park where the teams will play on Thursday. And the players will still play with their backs to a cornfield as the outfield has chain link fence and windows that see through to several acres of corn. Instead, MLB has built a new stadium not too far off from the original ballpark from the 1989 film “Field of Dreams.”įans that head out to Dyersville, Iowa, can still walk over to the original field that brought Shoeless Joe Jackson out of the cornfields. The White Sox and Yankees will take part in the 2021 Field of Dreams Game, but it will not be held at the iconic field.
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