In a Field in Iowa, the White Sox Delivered a Hollywood Ending

M.L.B.’s “Field of Dreams” game was packed full of nostalgia, but Tim Anderson’s walk-off homer made sure this sequel-of-sorts created memories of its own.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Their movie never felt like a surefire hit, not exactly. But what the caretakers of “Field of Dreams” have always had is a sense of duty, as if they were stewards of something precious. Kevin Costner felt that way when filming it here 33 years ago, and he felt it again before the live sequel, of sorts, on Thursday night. “It’s nuanced, and it’s with love, you can see it,” Costner said. “I think ‘Field of Dreams,’ all the way through, from the movie to this moment, has had the benefit of people who are very careful.” Yet for all the planning, all the cinematic flourishes Major League Baseball applied in staging an actual game at a new diamond carved from the same cornfields, reality could have intruded. A storm, a blowout, an injury.