Major League Baseball returns to Iowa on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, when the Chicago Cubs play the Cincinnati Reds in the second “Field of Dreams” game at a throwback ballpark near where the 1989 movie was filmed. Chicago White Sox players walk on the field before a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Dyersville, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo
David Bell’s grandfather, father and brother played in the majors. Bell spent 12 years in the big leagues himself and worked as a coach and front office executive before taking over as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
So yeah, “ Field of Dreams,” a movie about family and baseball, hits a little differently for him.