The Field of Dreams game is still on, and the White Sox are still in it.
The Yankees are out, as expected, and will give way to the St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball confirmed Wednesday.
The game, to be played on a new diamond constructed in the cornfields of Dyersville, Iowa, was originally set for the Sox and Yankees on the 2020 schedule as a Thursday night special event Aug. 13, televised by FOX. The setting is the location of the “Field of Dreams” movie, released in 1989.
A temporary stadium with a capacity of 8,000 is being built for the game, which is a home game for the Sox. Whether fans will attend with restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic looming as an unknown remains to be seen.
The 60-game schedule, expected to be announced soon, will pit teams against teams in their own divisions and the same geographical divisions from the opposite league, separating the Sox of the AL Central from the Yankees of the AL East. The Cardinals play in the NL Central.
The Cubs, who have a sizable following in Iowa and national TV ratings appeal, were thought to be a consideration to play the Sox after the Yankees were eliminated. The Cardinals were supposed to play two games against the Cubs in London in June. The Chicago teams are about 200 miles from Dyersville; the Cardinals about 350.
