Kevin Costner dressed in white walking on The Field of Dreams baseball field
Kevin Costner entering The Field of Dreams Game.
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  • Costner kicked off the "Field of Dreams" game with a dramatic entrance onto the field.
  • Then the Yankees and White Sox players entered the field.
  • The moment paid homage to the classic "Field of Dreams" movie Costner starred in.
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Sometimes no words are needed to capture a moment, and that's what Major League Baseball decided to do when it kicked off its first-ever "Field of Dreams" game on Thursday night.

Before the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox took the field in Dyersville, Iowa a little movie magic was sprinkled on the event.

Taking a page from the iconic sports movie that inspired the game, 1989's "Field of Dreams," the movie's star, Kevin Costner, walked out of the cornfield from center field to the roar of the 8,000 in attendance.

Dressed in all white, he didn't say a word, instead, the movie's beautiful score played as he walked from the outfield to the infield holding a baseball and looking in awe of the site.

Then something even more magical happened. Suddenly players from the Yankees and White Sox emerged from the cornfield. It was a movie-come-to-life moment.

In the 1989 movie Kevin Costner plays Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella, who one morning while walking through his cornfield hears a voice say to him, "If you build it, he will come." It leads him to tear down most of his crops to build a baseball field on his land. Then, one day, baseball players from the past, including the 1919 White Sox, suddenly come out of the cornfield and onto the ball field.

The 1919 Chicago White Sox enter the Field of Dreams
The 1919 White Sox enter the field in 1989's "Field of Dreams."
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Later one of the most memorable lines in sports movie history is delivered. A player asks Kinsella, "Is this heaven?" In which Kinsella replies: "No, it's Iowa."

"Field of Dreams" opened to wide acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards, including best picture. It also starred James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan, Burt Lancaster, and Ray Liotta as "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.

The movie's legacy has only grown over the decades. The baseball field shot for the movie became an Iowa tourist destination.

In 2019, MLB announced that it would hold a game there. An 8,000 seat stadium was created adjacent to the field where the movie was shot.

The game was originally set to be played in 2020, but was postponed after the coronavirus pandemic forced a shortened season. But it was worth the wait.

After a back-and-forth game in which there were several lead changes, the White Sox beat the Yankees in dramatic fashion with a two-run walk-off homer by White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson in the bottom of the ninth inning.

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