"A few days ago, The Athletic reported Major League Baseball is coming back to Iowa next season. After a four-year absence, there will be a Major League game at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, the site of the 1989 movie of the same name. The game will be between the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies. This will be an occasion for MLB to bask in the romanticism that stems from the movie starring Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones. Iowa's tourism industry will benefit from the attention, too."
"Mostly, I'm talking about MLB.TV's blackout rules. (I almost used the words "draconian blackout rules," but as any baseball fan living in Iowa knows, it is unnecessary to apply the adjective.) In my area, six teams are not available to me, including those hundreds of miles away. It's not at all unusual that, on any given day, 25-30% of the games on MLB.TV are blacked out. This even though no Major League team resides in Iowa."
Major League Baseball will stage a game next season at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville between the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies after a four-year absence. The event will tap into the movie's romanticism and provide a boost to Iowa's tourism industry. MLB.TV enforces blackout rules that prevent many Iowa viewers from accessing live broadcasts; in some areas six teams are unavailable and 25–30% of games can be blacked out on a given day. No Major League team is based in Iowa. Top Iowa Republicans are reported to be turning on one of their own on a different topic.
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