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In recent times I’ve been known to be a little sour toward MLB and the way things are ran by the head guy over there.
I’ve said Rob Manfred is the worst commissioner in sports.
I’ve said he should be fired.
I’ve said he should be embarrassed by the many umps who continue to be bad at their jobs.
And while I do still believe in all of those things, I have to give Manfred and MLB credit for doing something cool and outside of the box – tonight’s”Field of Dreams” game in Dyersville, Iowa between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox is going to be pretty neat.
The game, of course, is taking place on the farm where the classic baseball movie was shot. If you haven’t seen what the field is going to look like then you need to check out these awesome photos.
The “stadium” will seat just over 7,900 fans, which is also pretty cool. And they’ll be able to eat an apple pie hot dog concoction created by Guy Fieri, which is something I’d definitely try.
There’s a corn maze behind the right field wall and there will be audio from the movie on the path the fans will take to the game.
Both the Yankees and White Sox will be wearing some sweet throwback uniforms, too.
So yeah, this is going to be different and fun, which isn’t usually how MLB does things. And the game will be aired nationally on FOX at 7 p.m. ET so we can all watch it, which is great.
This is a good thing for baseball, even though it might be a little corny, no pun intended. The game needs to stick out more and doing something like this – an event that is hard to criticize and likely easy to enjoy, is great for the game.
MLB invested $5M bucks into the field and the locker rooms so everything will be good for the players, which is important, and both teams will then head to Chicago after the game to play the rest of season.
So here I am, tipping my cap at Rob Manfred for doing something cool.
For once.
Quick hits: Jenny Taft rightfully crushed Skip Bayless… 2022 NBA mock draft… Trae Turner’s smooth slide into home… And more.
– Things got heated on “Undisputed” yesterday and host Jenny Taft was brilliant in blasting Skip Bayless for saying really dumb things.
– Bryan Kalbrosky has his first 2022 NBA mock draft in which he makes all all 59 picks, starting with Chet Holmgren.
– Trea Turner’s beautiful slide into home was very meme worthy.
– Former NBA player J.R. Smith is going to college with where he’s going to try to play on North Carolina A&T’s golf team, which is awesome
– A Little League hitter had a hilarious reaction to umpire’s really bad strike call. Poor little fella deserved much better on that call.
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