The Yankees will face the White Sox in the Field of Dreams Game in Dyersville, Iowa, on August 12…and the day before, some young folks from NYC and Chicago will get to live their dreams on that field, too.
MLB has announced that on Wednesday, August 11, a pair of 14U teams representing NYC and Chicago will play a special exhibition game titled “A Dream Fulfilled” at the special field in Dyersville. The NYC team will come from the DREAM organization, and the game against a team from Chicago’s White Sox Amateur City Elite program will be televised live on FS1 at 6 p.m.
that night.
Both teams will also be present the next day for the actual Field of Dreams Game, which will be the first MLB game ever played in Iowa.
DREAM, formerly known as Harlem RBI, was founded in 1991 in East Harlem. Per the MLB release, “DREAM traces its beginnings back to 1991 when a group of volunteers transformed an abandoned, garbage-strewn lot into two baseball diamonds for the youth in East Harlem, creating the organization's very own ‘Field of Dreams.’”
The Chicago White Sox created their ACE program in 2007 with a similar idea as Harlem RBI/DREAM: "providing high-quality baseball instruction, as well as leadership/mentorship opportunities on and off the field, to young athletes from Chicago’s underserved and inner-city communities." The program now boasts 26 MLB draftees, including two first-rounders, and earlier this season, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Ray became the first ACE alum to reach the majors.
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