DISH Deluxe 4 — Field of Dreams Game, second anniversary

Don’t ask us how they got out there among the hoi-est of polloi — actually, Brett did ask! — but Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and her husband and partner-in-ballpark-travels, Shaun, take us through the magical, inaugural Field of Dreams Game, two years ago today:

• Getting tickets! “Shaun, I’ve got some good news, and some bad news ...”
• Hey, let’s get in the car and drive four hours to a baseball game! And back!
• Did Melissa employ a “Queen’s wave” as Iowans lined the roadways to greet fans attending the game
• Pregame outside the park, including Steinbrenners cutting the concession lines
• Pregame inside the park, with kudos for MLB putting on an A+ show
• In-game, including Hands across America, as fans of all stripes show up for the game to unify in rooting against the Yankees
• The corn went Hollywood
• José took one to the corn
• Mood swings late — and was it the White Sox or Cubs fan who preached patience and practiced optimism as the South Siders appeared ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
• THE ENDING
• Where this game ranks as an attendee, all-time
• A “bonus” discussion of Field of Dreams, the movie

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