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Because the film company took favor to the direction of the sunset, the Field of Dreams actually comprises sections of two farms. The Lansing's, who maintain and operate The Field of Dreams Moviesite and Al and Rita Ameskamp, who own and maintain their parcel as the Left and Center Field of Dreams.
The field draws between 50,000 to 65,000 visitors yearly to what amounts to the grandest pick-up game anywhere. No skills? Not to worry, players of all abilities, and ages, routinely take up a position anywhere on the field to shag balls or take a place in line behind the backstop to wait their shot at slugging one into the corn beyond the outfield. For whatever reasons compel people to come, there is most certainly a powerful sense of magic here. Weddings have been conducted on the field and many young couples have become engaged. Visitors have come from all over the world, and some arrive to scatter the ashes of loved ones. Even the chance meeting of two estranged brothers who hadn't talked to one another in over 30 years ended in hugs and a reconciliation. Here, make-believe transends reality and the air is filled with the laughter of children as they round the bases. Grandfathers expound the virtues of the game as it was long ago with tales of Williams, Mantle and Mays. Families wander together into the tall corn and return with wide smiles. Grab your bat and glove, stay for a day, feel the warm sun against your cheek and the grass beneath your feet. And chances are, before you journey home, you'll ask yourself that very same question. Is this heaven?
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