Kevin Costner Returns To Field of Dreams Filming Location For MLB Game

Actor Kevin Costner returns to the iconic Field of Dreams cornfield baseball diamond filming location for a magical night of MLB baseball.

During yesterday’s throwback MLB game, actor Kevin Costner returned to the infamous Field of Dreams filming location for a magical night of baseball. Costner starred as Ray Kinsella in the 1989 sports drama, Field of Dreams, which is based on author W.P. Kinsella’s 1982 novel, Shoeless Joe. The film received positive reviews upon release and went on to be nominated for three Academy Awards. In 2017, the movie was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry.

Field of Dreams is centered on a particular baseball field that Costner’s character builds in the middle of a cornfield in Iowa. After building the field, the mysterious diamond attracts the ghosts of baseball legends, such as Shoeless Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) and the rest of the Chicago Black Sox. While the film is remembered for its heartfelt performances and touching moments, it is the baseball diamond in the cornfield that people most remember.

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As Yahoo Entertainment reports, Costner returned to the Field of Dreams filming location on August 12 for a magical night of major league baseball. Costner served as the master of ceremony for the matchup that saw the Chicago White Sox take on the New York Yankees in the MLB’s first-ever regulation game. The game was held at the 1989 movie’s filming location, which is simply known as the Field of Dreams outside of Dyersville, Iowa. Check out the photo from Yahoo Entertainment‘s Twitter account of Costner standing on the field below:

The 66-year-old Costner seemed practically speechless as he emerged from the cornfields onto the baseball diamond that housed over 7,000 awaiting fans. Costner and the rest of the audience would go on to watch a baseball game that seemed straight out of a movie, with Chicago’s Tim Anderson knocking out a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning that immediately set off fireworks and the fans into hysterics as the White Sox won the game 9-8. When Costner had first stepped on the field, all he could muster was a soft, flabbergasted, “wow,” and the seemed to perfectly sum up the entire night.

Costner and baseball go a long way back, with the veteran actor starring in three total baseball movies throughout his career, which includes 1988’s Bull Durham and 1999’s For the Love of the Game. Costner is as much a part of the game as the iconic cornfield baseball diamond. Field of Dreams is notorious for making even the manliest of men weep, and watching Costner step back onto the field nearly had that same effect.

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Source: Yahoo Entertainment

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