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Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa

• Ray Kinsella is an Iowa corn farmer who hears a voice telling him only, "If you build it, he will come."

• Ray has a vision of his childhood hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, playing on a baseball field built within his cornfield.

• Ray's wife, Annie, encourages him to build the field, believing he should do what makes him happy--not thinking that this idea is at all crazy.

• Ray begins to build his field, concentrating only on the section that would be left field.

• Ray senses "gathering magic" and after three years of building and growing left field, Shoeless Joe appears on the field.

• Having played in one game on Ray's field, Shoeless Joe asks Ray if this field is heaven.

They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964

• Ray completes the rest of the baseball field, with a new member of the Black Sox...

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