FIELD OF DUDS

While FOX did a fantastic job handling this Field of Dreams game of the Chicago White Sox vs. the New York Yankees... the Yankees just couldn't pull off the win and that's what is mostly disappointing.  I mean, the Yankees showed life and I loved the energy with homers by Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.  

Even DJ LeMahieu was looking good last night.  But you need to maybe question the pitching in starting Andrew Heaney. You need to wonder why the Yankees are obsessed with Tyler Wade... because lord knows... that experiement is definitely over.  

It was fun though. Alot of connections with the film and last night's game and the players loved it just as much as the fans.  Can't beat that.

Stanton just wanted a pregame snack 🌽#MLBatFieldofDreams pic.twitter.com/iPncYv9Cfx

— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) August 12, 2021

While it was a gimmick, I enjoyed it very much.  What I'd love to see next is a game at an old Negro Leagues ballpark, like the Pop Lloyd Stadium in Atlantic City. 

A rundown ballpark named after Pop Lloyd, one of the best Negro League players to ever play the game.   Or how about play outside of Yankee stadium one night at the old spot of Yankee stadium. That could be cool too. Have the players were close that resemble the Sandlot characters.  I love the idea of gimmicks, and with these other locations around the country, why not try it again. FOX did it right last night... it was cool.

But in the realm of the actual game itself, the bottom line is, while it was a beautiful night for baseball... while everything seemed perfect... the Yankees lost and it was a heartbreak.

The New York Post writes:

"The Yankees thought they had crafted a Hollywood ending in the top of the ninth inning on Thursday with a pair of two-run homers from Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton to overcome a three-run deficit to take a one-run lead.

But playing in a stadium built on the set of the “Field of Dreams” in Dyersville, Iowa, Tim Anderson and the White Sox flipped the script in the bottom of the inning, as Anderson crushed a game-winning, two-run homer off Zack Britton with one out to send the Yankees to another crushing loss, 9-8.

“Definitely not the way you want it to end,’’ Stanton said."

No Yankee fan wanted to see that. 

But that's baseball.  And it wasn't our home field in the Bronx anyway...

it was Iowa.