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Field of Dreams Hosts First Major League Game

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published August 20, 2021 at 9:05 AM CDT

a drawing of the Field of Dreams site near Dyersville, Iowa

On Midwest Week, the Field of Dreams in eastern Iowa hosted its first major league baseball game, and more are planned.

thirty years later the movie site is still attracting tourists

Herb Trix's guest is Don Doxsie, sports columnist for the Quad City Times and Dispatch-Argus.

You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK At 6:20 pm during All Things Considered
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Herb Trix

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

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