It’s time for the last part of interesting facts about one of the greatest American movies!25. Former USC baseball coach Rod Dedeaux was a consultant on the “Field of Dreams”

The “USC Trojans” men’s baseball team claimed 11 national championships under Dedeaux. While the “Field of Dreams” was in production, he and Don Buford (a major league veteran) helped the actors refine their playing skills. Some of them didn’t need much assistance: According to ESPN’s Jeff Merron, Dedeaux thought Costner “would’ve been good enough to play at USC.”

26. Ray Liotta couldn’t hit left-handed well enough

Shoeless Joe Jackson hit lefty and threw righty, but in the movie, Liotta plays him as a right-handed batter. Liotta trained with professional baseball coaches for one month to hit left-handed like his character, but it wasn’t good enough for the director Robinson. Liotta claimed Robinson said it was okay if the batting wasn’t historically accurate, though to this day the actor regrets not finding a way to make it work.

27. A few months before he retired, Vin Scully read Terrence Mann’s iconic speech from the “Field of Dreams”

Scully started calling “Brooklyn Dodgers” games in 1950. For the next 67 years, the broadcaster stayed with the club, covering its relocation to Los Angeles, all six of the franchise’s World Series championships to date, and almost 10,000 games overall. On May 26, 2016 – during his last season in the announcer’s booth – Scully tugged at fans’ heartstrings by reciting the classic “People will come” monologue from the “Field of Dreams”.

28. In order to make the final scene in the “Field of Dreams” work, the citizens of Dyersville, Iowa agreed to a town-wide blackout

In order to film the movie’s final scene, 3000 Iowa residents in 1500 cars agreed to take part. There was a forced blackout in the town of Dyersville, Iowa, which included other baseball games and the local train. The director’s instructions were broadcast on a local radio station. One was for the drivers to flash their high beams off and on as they drove to make it look as if there was more movement than there actually was.

29. Dwier Brown, who played Kevin Costner’s father in “Field of Dreams”, worried he would drop the ball during their seminal game of catch

The scene in which Ray plays catch with his father had to be shot during magic hour, 15 minutes after sunset, which gave little room for error for actor Dwier Brown, who was working with a rock-hard, vintage catcher’s mitt. He is proud of the fact that he never dropped it.

30. To celebrate the “Field of Dreams” 25^th anniversary, Kevin Costner and his sons played catch at the now-iconic field

Costner tossed a ball around with his sons Hayes and Cayden on June 13, 2014. This was part of a three-day festival which included an on-site screening of the film, a Q&A panel hosted by Bob Costas, and a concert featuring Costner’s own band the “Modern West”.

31. The owner of the farm featured in the “Field of Dreams” proposed to his wife on the baseball field

Don Lansing met his wife Becky on New Year’s Eve 1995 when she made a pilgrimage to visit the baseball field from the “Field of Dreams”. When he proposed marriage, he did so on first base.

32. The field still attracts approximately 100,000 visitors per year

When Don and Becky Lansing put the property up for sale in 2010, it was purchased by “Go the Distance Baseball”, an organization that made the property even more accessible to visitors and fans of the movie with a regular roster of special events. Today, 30 years after the movie’s original release, an estimated 100,000 people make the trek to visit the baseball field each year.

33. The “White Sox” and “Yankees” will play one regular-season game near the “Field of Dreams” site in 2020

Scheduled for August 13, 2020, that’ll be the first Major League Baseball game ever played in Iowa. For the big event, a temporary 8,000-seat stadium will go up next to the park where the “Field of Dreams” was shot. The “White Sox” has been designated as the “home” team.