(Well, it’s state tournament week, so that’s the hook. — Ed.)
On May 14, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced a change that would allow Pete Rose and the Black Sox (but yeah, it’s all about Pete Rose) to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame. That night, I got the cockamamie idea to go to Dyersville and see if I could find anyone at the Field of Dreams the next day to offer an opinion. I was not disappointed.
(I was, however, subsequently disappointed this story did not get selected for the Iowa Capital Dispatch, but it was published right as the Iowa Legislature started a 21-hour day to close out its session. Sometimes the deep ball to center gets caught at the warning track.)
KCRG interviewed a “Ghost Player” who portrays Shoeless Joe, and that story aired the night of May 15, and I published my story the morning of May 16. As far as I know, they and I are the only ones who went to Dyersville for the Iowa angle.
