To excite our sense of wonder, sports can dream bigger

As I sat and watched the opening moments of the “Field of Dreams” game Aug. 12 between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox amidst the cornfields of the legendary 1989 movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, I thought to myself: We need more of this.

And not just more Field of Dreams games, which Major League Baseball said there will be: The next contest, between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs, will be played Aug. 11, 2022, at the 8,000-seat stadium built for the game. As sports fans, we need more of these magical, goosebump-inducing events, taking advantage of long-lost traditions, creating new ones and displaying an innovative spirit to fully tap into the inherent sense of wonder that sport was meant to provide.