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I’M EXCITED FOR YOU. YEAH. ALEX 8000 FANS WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO WIN THE MLB LOTTERY AND THEY’RE GOING BE TAKING IN THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS LIVE AND IN PERSON RIGHT HERE IN DYERSVILLE, ABOUT 6 HOURS, ABOUT 12 HOURS FROM NOW. THAT’S AN EVEN BIGGER THIS MORNING, THOUGH, AFTER THE NEWS BROKE YESTERDAY THAT. MLB WILL NOT BE BACK IN IOWA IN 2023. THE STADIUM OVER IN THE DISTANCE, THAT’S A TEMPORARY STADIUM USED LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. BUT TO MAKE IT PERMANENT, THE OWNERS NEED A YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION TO UP THIS AREA. IT’S MORE PROOF THAT DYERSVILLE DOES DRAW, KEEPS DRAWING NATIONAL AUDIENCE BECAUSE MLB HOPES TO COME BACK IN 2024 AND LAST SEASON’S BUZZ BROUGHT MORE VISITORS TO TOWN IN THE LAST YEAR THAN THEY’VE SEEN IN A LOT OF YEARS. PEOPLE LIKE THE CUBS AND REDS FANS WHO’VE ALREADY THE PILGRIMAGE TO TOWN THIS WEEK AND THEY’VE DROPPED A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS UNIQUEL IOWA EXPERIENCE. WE’VE SEEN IT COME UP ON THE SCHEDULE, AND I WAS LIKE, WE GOT TO DO IT NO MATTER WHAT. ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, WE GOT TO BE THERE, GOT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WHEN YOU KIND OF GET GOOSE BUMPS BECAUSE THE MOVIE IS YOU KNOW YOU THINK ABOUT THE MOVIE A LOT WHEN YOU’RE THERE AND YOU THINK ABOUT WHO’S THERE, THEN ULTIMATELY IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO BASEBALL AND IT’S IT’S IT IS KIND OF A MAGICAL PLACE. IT FEELS COOL. YEAH, IT’S A MAGICAL PLACE. AND WE’RE GOING TO GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT WITH SO MANY PARENTS AND KIDS PLAYING CATCH OUT HERE BEHIND ME THIS AFTERNOON, ONLY ABOUT 8000 SEATS ARE IN THE BALLPARK. SO MOST LOCALS IN THIS AREA CAN’T EVEN TO THE GAME. SO THEY ARE THROWING A PARTY IN TOWN AND WATCHING IT TOGETHER. IT AT THE MUSEUM, TELLING THE STORY BEHIND THE MOVIE. THAT’S CALLED IF YOU BUILD IT. THAT’S TO BE OPEN FROM 9 TO 6. A FAN FEST AT THE SCHOOL. THAT’S GOING TO INCLUDE THE CUBS AND REDS LEGENDS LIKE FERGIE JENKINS AND KEN GRIFFEY, SENIOR. THEY’RE GOING TO BE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND AN ALL DAY PARTY INCLUDES VENDORS, LIVE MUSIC AND A WATCH PARTY FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO WANT TO BE IN TOWN WATCHING THEIR TOWN IN THE SPOTLIGHT TOGETHER. NOW FIRST PITCH FOR THE FIELD OF DREAMS GAME. THAT’S SET FOR 615 TONIGHT. AND THE CUBS AND THE REDS ARE FOLLOWING LAST YEAR’S EXAMPLE. THEY’RE GOING TO BE WEARING THOSE THROWBACK UNIFORMS FROM THE EARLY 1900S. SO IT TUNED TO ����vlog THROUGHOUT THE MORNING FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AS WELL. FOR MORE FROM DYERSVILLE AND THE FIELD OF DREAMS, EVERYBODY’S EXCITED. AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS BACK IN IOWA. THE LAWNMOWERS ARE OUT ALREADY GETTING THIS FIEL