Terence Mann Can Rest Now Rest In Peace
Aug 24th 2007eBaseball & Movies
Of all the hallowed baseball landmarks in the world, the cornfield from “Field of Dreams” has to rank somewhere in the top 5. However, what most people don’t know about the field is that until this week it’s existence hadn’t been as calm and tranquil as the movie would have you believe.
The field was actually owned by two different families who couldn’t agree on exactly what to do with it. As a result, a family called the Ameskamps owned left and center field, and a family called the Lansings owned right field. The two families even had different souvenir shops set up.
That seemed to be the way it would always be, but this week the Lansings purchased the rest of the field from the Ameskamps. Now after 18 estranged years all parts of the field are together again. Sure, this might not seem important, but it’s big news for vacationing families from South Dakota. Now instead of going to see Mount Rushmore for the 27th time they can see the newly united “Field of Dreams” cornfield.
