In that classic baseball movie Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner as Iowa corn farmer Ray Kinsella, Ray hears voices “If you build it, he will come” and as we all know, Ray built that field and he did come.
Willamette Valley Babe Ruth in Eugene, Oregon also built baseball fields. These fields are filled with the dreams of youth baseball players such as the Cal Ripken Major Minor players Braden Pruitt, Haydn Kuhnhausen and Seth Weinheimer pictured here from Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth . As the players gaze upon the field watching a game in progress they too dream about their own game soon to be played against the Sheldon Major Minor team.
Field of Dreams is a movie that many of us can watch over-and-over and not get tired of. Watching Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth baseball players is a game that we can watch over-and-over and not tire of. As we watch these youth baseball games we see young baseball players full of energy, having fun and filled with dreams. With every game year-after-year we see these players pushing towards new dreams of their own.
On the scoreboard ones favorite team may not win every game they play. Win or loose Babe Ruth and Cal Ripken players are still winners as each of them gets better-and-better, game-after-game, year-after-year.
Keep up those dreams baseball players. Pleasant Hill Babe Ruth is proud of each and every youth that chooses to play youth baseball regardless of what team you play on. Your family, friends and fans will continue to follow you as those dreams expand from Cal Ripken, Babe Ruth, high school, college and for some of you those dreams may even take you to the Major League.
~Terry W~
