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Phillies History: Role in Black Sox scandal, “Shoeless Joe” in Philadelphia

DYERSVILLE, IA - AUGUST 25: A "ghost player" recreating the role of Chicago White Sox legend Shoeless Joe Jackson plays ball with a young tourist at the baseball field created for the motion picture 'Field of Dreams' on August 25, 1991 in Dyersville, Iowa. Rita and Al Ameskamp who, with Don and Becky Lansing, co-own the site have turned the cornfields and baseball diamond into a summertime tourist attraction, including "ghost player" reenactments. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Around the time the Philadelphia Phillies wrap up their Thursday afternoon matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees will be getting set for the “MLB Field of Dreams Game” in Dyersville, Iowa at the site of the filming of the 1989 classic.