The only people happier than Tim Anderson and the Chicago White Sox with how the first "Field of Dreams" game turned out are the executives at FOX Sports.
Michael Mulvihill -- the executive vice president of FOX Sports -- says that Thursday's game between the White Sox and New York Yankees was the highest-rated MLB regular season game since the 2005 season:
Earlier in the day, Mulvihill said on Twitter that the overnight rating on the walk-off victory by the White Sox was up +135% when compared to the average FOX Sports MLB telecast.
In the aftermath of the smashing success of this game, many have suggested that baseball play games paying homage to the 1993 film "The Sandlot" or the late-90s, early-2000s video game "Backyard Baseball." Those ideas should probably be explored, but what last night's game showed is that there should be at least one game at the Field of Dreams every season, and maybe more.
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