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Thursday Night, August 13th
Field of Dreams - Dyersville, IA
65-58, 2nd Place, 9 games behind the Braves
65-58, 2nd Place, 9 games behind the Braves
One Sentence Summary: On a magical night for baseball, the Phillies shined in a 7-1 win over the Twins at baseball's Field of Dreams, situated in the middle of a huge corn field in Iowa.
What It Means: This is easily the best regular season Phillies game I've ever attended.
What Happened: After a moving pregame ceremony in which both teams and two dozen Hall of Famers emerged from the corn stalks in right field, Kyle Schwarber hit the third pitch of the game into the corn over the right field wall. Bryce Harper walked, went to third on a Luis Arraez single and scored on a Bryson Stott single to center. The Phillies scored three more runs in the fourth on a two-run home run from Schwarber that bounced off the glove of Twins' right fielder Luke Keaschall and over the wall. Trea Turner then doubled and Harper singled him home. Brandon Marsh capped the scoring with a two-run home run in the seventh. Every Phillie in the starting line-up had a hit in the game, except for catcher J.T. Realmuto.
What It Means: This is easily the best regular season Phillies game I've ever attended.
What Happened: After a moving pregame ceremony in which both teams and two dozen Hall of Famers emerged from the corn stalks in right field, Kyle Schwarber hit the third pitch of the game into the corn over the right field wall. Bryce Harper walked, went to third on a Luis Arraez single and scored on a Bryson Stott single to center. The Phillies scored three more runs in the fourth on a two-run home run from Schwarber that bounced off the glove of Twins' right fielder Luke Keaschall and over the wall. Trea Turner then doubled and Harper singled him home. Brandon Marsh capped the scoring with a two-run home run in the seventh. Every Phillie in the starting line-up had a hit in the game, except for catcher J.T. Realmuto.
Aaron Nola allowed a second inning home run to Keaschall, but settled in and allowed five hits overall while striking out nine in his five inning outing. Brooks Raley, Jonathan Bowlan, Orion Kerkering and Jhoan Duran kept the Twins off the scoreboard over the final four innings.
Featured Card: I wanted to create a Chachi highlight card to celebrate the game, and given the hundreds of pictures I took during the day it was hard to parse down the photos to just a few to show here. I also decided to create an insert set using photos of the Phillies standees located on the path leading between the movie site and the actual ballpark. Given the Phillies chose to wear 1939-inspired uniforms, I kept the insert card design simple and based it on the 1941 Play Ball set. I feature these in a future post.
Transaction: Kameron Misner (of) was recalled from Lehigh Valley as the 27th man for the game, but did not make an appearance.
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Field Report: It was incredible. Jenna and I decided we needed to go to this game as soon as it was announced the prior year. With both boys working and occupied with summer activities, we received their permission to make it a solo trip. We pulled into Dyersville around 1:15 after the 90 minute drive from Cedar Rapids. After waiting in line for the parking lots to open at 2pm, we quickly parked, trekked across the muddy grass parking lot and waited in line again for our early access passes from travel group, On Location. The early access was amazing, as we were able to explore the movie site and the surrounding stores with very few other fans around at that point. Jenna captured a selfie with Shane Victorino, we spent an appropriate amount of money on souvenirs and I took in the Field of Dreams from the movie, standing on the pitching mound, enjoying the view from second base and of course, thinking about my Dad.
In a truly magical touch, fans needed to cross through the corn field from the movie site to the ballpark area. There was a meandering path lined with cutouts of Phillies and Twins players and then more merchandise and food concessions outside the larger (and new) ballpark. We watched in awe as Mike Schmidt and Adrian Beltre stood in line with other fans for merchandise. We made our way to our lofty seats in Section 304, Row DD, and enjoyed the view before the pregame ceremonies. The game itself was extremely enjoyable as well, especially given the Phillies were in command from the outset. Lifelong memories were created.
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Transaction: Kameron Misner (of) was recalled from Lehigh Valley as the 27th man for the game, but did not make an appearance.
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