Excitement builds for Field of Dreams Game

MLB at Field of Dreams is bringing the world of baseball and the world of cinema together, and stars from both teamed up Monday to talk about what the one-of-a-kind game means to them. White Sox All-Star closer Liam Hendriks -- who will play in Thursdays game between the White Sox and Yankees at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa -- FOX Sports commentator and 2005 White Sox World Series champion catcher A.J. Pierzynski, Yankees announcer and five-time World Series champion Paul ONeill, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper and actor Dwier Brown, who played John Kinsella in Field of Dreams, all took part in a virtual press conference previewing the Field of Dreams Game. • You can play at Field of Dreams in The Show They were joined by BrightView Sports Turf Division president Murray Cook, who oversaw the building of the MLB at Field of Dreams playing field, which pays homage to the movie, and Michael Davies, FOX Sports senior vice president of technical/field operations. Im excited, Hendriks said. Its not every day you get a chance to be the first Major League game in a state. Its kind of cool. And hopefully I dont [stink] and give up the first homer in the state of Iowa.