Since we’ve been talking about scheduling this morning, here’s a little quirk that could be introduced to MLB’s 60-game schedule this year.
On the 2020 original MLB schedule, there was a special-event game planned between the White Sox and Yankees at a small ballpark constructed near the Field of Dreams, which had originally been built for the movie of the same name. That field became a tourist attraction, and MLB hoped to capitalize.
Per the proposed MLB divisional-setup schedule for 2020, the White Sox and Yankees won’t play each other. But according to Tommy Birch in the Des Moines Register, the organizers of this game have the stadium still under construction and hope there will be a game this year, quoting Roman Weinberg, who runs the movie site, which is called “Go The Distance”:
Weinberg said the field, which has been limited to only authorized personnel, is actually complete.