"Is this heaven?"
"Yes!"
Group photo of players from both sides before the game
From "Shoeless Joe Jackson" in his last major league game in 1919, to the time of the release of the "Dreamlands" movie in 1989, to today, a lot has changed, but as the movie says, baseball is still eternal, connecting the past, the present and the future.
Amid the audience's roaring tsunami, the Yankees and White Sox players emerged from the cornfield to kick off the much-anticipated Dreamland baseball game.
The starting pitcher for the White Sox was Lance Lynn, who has played extremely well this season, while the Starting Point for the Yankees was Andrew Heaney, who traded from the Angels last month.
In the bottom half of the first inning, the game set off an offensive climax. Jose Abreu, the MLB MVP of last year, blasted a left-sided fielder, becoming the first player to hit a home run in a major league game in Iowa.
It seems that from this time on, people were vaguely aware of this game, the unusual charm of this stadium.
The Yankees were quick to show back, and in the top half of the third inning, Aaron Judge's three-run home run helped the Yankees reverse the lead to 3-1.
The ball seems to be able to fly higher and farther on this pitch than anywhere else.
After the White Sox were close to the score through Tim Anderson's dribbled second-run in the bottom half of the third inning, Eloy Jimenez's three-run home run helped the team take a 5-3 lead.
It was far from the end of the long-range firepower between the two sides, with Seby Zavala's two-run blast in the bottom half of the fourth inning and Brett Gardner's blast in the top half of the sixth rewriting the score to 7-4, with the White Sox leading by three runs.
This season's White Sox cowshed has been powerful, especially after trading for Craig Kimbrel.
In the bottom half of the seventh inning, the Yankees were in a full base, but Joey Gallo's powerful rolling earth in the center direction was stopped by white Sox players lurking behind second base, completing the blocking.
In the top half of the ninth inning, with two outs, one base was manned and three runs behind, yankee heavy gun Jachy once again went into the play zone. The most unique charm of baseball is that you can never win by stalling for time. Facing head-on, defeating your opponent is the only way to victory.
But this time, facing Judge, White Sox terminator Liam Hendriks became the loser. Judge swung a two-point home run from the right outfield to keep the Yankees' hopes of victory alive.
Still in a two-out situation, the Yankees still trailed by a point, but their players did not give up, Gallo was guaranteed, and Giancarlo Stanton was on the strike zone.
Facing Hendricks' first onslaught, Stanton swung the stick and fired a two-run blast in the direction of the left field, hitting the ball into the cornfield and the Yankees reversed the score 8-7!
From trailing by three-pointers to leading by one point, the Yankees have created a miracle that once again confirms the charm of baseball games, as long as you don't give up, as long as you don't make the last number of exits, the game is not over.
The Yankees are so tenacious, why shouldn't their opponents, the White Sox, be so? After such a dramatic change, the White Sox will not be discouraged, let alone complain to each other, because they know that they have three chances to get out in the bottom half of the ninth inning.
With finisher Aroldis Chapman injured, the Yankees, who were already stretched thin in the game, sent Zack Britton in the role of the final closing.
When Zavala was sent to base with a bailout, it was Anderson's turn to strike. Facing a falling ball from Bliton that sank less than enough, he hit a two-pointer in the direction of the right field to reverse the home run, and at 9-8, the White Sox became the winner of Iowa's first major league game!
A fantastic game also had a dramatic ending, with the White Sox winning with their super offensive firepower and strong fighting spirit.
The world is changing all the time, but baseball today is the same as it was in 1989, 1919, 1905 and 1860, and as long as the other side doesn't get the last number of exits, the game is not over.