Field of Dreams, 2.0

Clare called yesterday to tell me the “Field of Dreams” game has been rescheduled for next August. The Yankees and White Sox will go at it in the cornfields. The game will be sponsored by GEICO Insurance, so get ready for a moronic commercial or two or… On-line betting sites advertise all the time nowadays. What better venue for them than what promises to be a heavily promoted cob-knockdown in Dyersville? Maybe Ray Liotta can reprise his Shoeless Joe Jackson role from the movie. Maybe MLB will acknowledge the hypocrisy of allowing betting on games while maintaining a ban on the members of the Black Sox. Liotta, maybe, MLB admitting it was wrong, doubtful. That said, I will be entering any and all contests for tickets and, better yet, accommodations. What’s a few flies and mosquitos when you can see Eloy try to navigate left field with the cornstalks beckoning?