"Field of Dreams" The love of baseball that heals life's setbacks and pain

The unfortunate lives of real people

WP Kinsella is a Canadian author who wrote the novel “ Shoeless Joe, ” which is the basis for “Field of Dreams.” Although his name is Kinsella, which is the same as the main character Ray, the story is purely fictional. He is known for repeatedly saying in many interviews that ``life is difficult and we are dying.'' And these words also overlap with the unfortunate lives of the real people who appear in ``Field of Dreams.''

At the beginning of the film, Ray talks about the life of his father, John, and explains the impact of ``Shoeless'' Joe Jackson's involvement in the ``Black Sox Incident'' and his banishment from the baseball world. In 1919, the dominant Chicago White Sox were eliminated from the MLB World Series, and the Cincinnati Reds won the series. It was discovered that match-fixing involving the mafia was taking place behind the scenes.

This process is detailed in John Sayles' ` `Eight Men Out '' (1988), which was released in the United States the year before ``Field of Field of Dreams'' (unfortunately, it was not released in theaters in Japan at the time). .

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"Shoeless" Joe Jackson, played by Ray Liotta, is one of the eight White Sox players who were banished from the baseball world due to the match-fixing incident. In later years, there was a movement to restore the Notorious through petitions, and ``Field of Dreams'' is also depicted from a similar perspective: ``Wasn't Joe Jackson involved in match-fixing?'' However, the harsh reality is that he has not yet been reinstated, and he is currently excluded from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Also, “Moonlight” Archibald Graham, played by Burt Lancaster, is also a real person. He played in only one game for the New York Giants on June 29, 1905. He participated in the 8th inning on defense, and the game ended before his batting order changed. With no batting record, he moved to the minor leagues and ended his baseball career in 1908.

As depicted in the film, Graham earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland. He became a practicing physician in Chisholm, Minnesota. He is said to have contributed to the local community by giving free eye exams and providing free glasses to the children of miners. The life of " Moonlight " Archibald Graham, as depicted in " Field of Dreams," is based on the information that the original author, W. P. Kinsella, traveled to Chisholm and interviewed the townspeople. It's exactly like the movie.

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