What a wonderful, lovely story. There's a wonderful article in the Strib today, as well. I'll be thinking about Moonlight Graham all day.

Thanks for the link and the story. That is amazing.

Thank you for that - it gave me warm fuzzies - it's a wonderful - wonderful story.
I'm so glad I'm going to the game today =)

When Moonlight makes his choice in the movie it always gets me a little teary-eyed - Field of Dreams one of my favourite baseball movies - heck it's just a d@mn good movie.

Much Love
Wonder Woman

I read the article at EastSPN.com and it gave me warm fuzzies also.

I often wonder whatever happened to Amy Madigan. She was great in that movie...

That's a great article, but I have to ask if this was necessary:
"In all, it's a story that fans everywhere embraced. Well, most everyone.

"I didn't see 'Field of Dreams.' I don't watch movies about what I do," San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds said."

Do we need to know that? Does anyone honestly care if Bonds watched the movie or not? How is that relevant? It seems that its just a quick shot at Bonds, then back to the topic.

Yeah, but honestly is there any player more deserving of a quick shot than Bonds? Given that this was written by a sportswriter in an NL city, it's not surprising.

Anyway... agree it's a great story and FoD was a great movie. If you haven't visited the farm and field in Dyersville IA where they filmed the movie, I highly recommend taking your kids some time. A rural ballfield is certainly as close to heaven as you're going to find down here in the Hawkeye state.

Jim Caple wrote a piece for Page 2 about what things would be like if Graham played today. Click my name for the link.

Dearest Bat-Girl,

"It was like having come this close to your dreams... and then watch them brush past you like a stranger in the crowd. At the time you don't think much of it. You know we just don't recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they happen. Back then I thought, well, there'll be other days. I didn't realize that was the only day."

-SJ

P.S. That one always gets Shoeless Joe. That and Kevin Costner playing catch with Dwier Brown at the end. Well, let's just say that it gets dry and dusty in the Shoeless Joe household during Field of Dreams.

Hey batgirl -

Check out the feature article on ESPN.com about Glenn Williams. It's a good one!

I've read three Moonlight Graham yarns -- Ben Walker's, the Strib's and Caple.

Caple, as usual, comes in 4th.

All the vision of Elmer Fudd.

A tip of the cap and a wink to W.P. Kinsella, who wrote the lyrical novel "Shoeless Joe," upon which the Hollywood Tearjerker for Men was based.

Drewboy, that is a good article about our Glenn. I miss him already, he's been so fun to watch.

Dear 'Wig,

Thank you. BG was remiss.

Gratefully,
BG

I bawl like a baby at the end of the movie - everytime-sometimes I just cannot stop for a good five minutes - it's magical - it truely is -

Much love
Wonder Woman

I also cry at the end of the movie when he starts to play catch with his Dad. Everytime.

me and a friend always thought that you could tell a lot about a person by whether they prefered field of dreams or bull durham. I love field of dreams but I'm a bull durham person, not enough of a dreamer I suppose :-)

The great thing about the Moonlight Graham story is that even though it seems sad, got to play a couple of innings, never got to bat (left in the on deck circle), probably never touched a ball, he got to play in a major league game. And I for one would knaw my own foot off just to get to stand out in the outfield for an inning or two (and I couldn't play it any worse than Tony Womack)

Everyone should read the book too, it's really good, with lots of little touches they had to cut from the film.