JamesKarl

We went to visit the Field in September of 2013. We wanted to see it before they made the "FOD Park" that was planned (and thankfully later kiboshed). I understand that it's a movie set, but there is something magical about this ball field in the middle of the corn. The morning we were leaving we went back to visit one more time before heading home, and we had a "Moonlight Graham" moment. There was a young guy with his girl there, and his girl asked if she could take some pictures of him with my bat; I agreed of course. He was very nice and asked me if he could use one of my baseballs to hit it, so I went to LF to shag. His first swing goes deep into the corn, an offering to the corn & baseball gods. As he was running around the corn looking for it, his girl tells us that he's a player in the SF Giants minor league system. She tells us how FOD was his favorite movie growing up and that this was a surprise visit on the way to Chicago. He even played "Moonlight Graham" in his high school play, and I drew many parallels. There is definitely magic in that corn my friends. Go have a game of catch, if you're ever by Dyersville.