Cubs will play Reds in 2022 Field of Dreams game

The Cubs reportedly will face the Reds in the ‘‘Field of Dreams’’ game next season in Dyersville, Iowa. The game tentatively is scheduled for Aug. 11, 2022, and will be considered a Reds home game, according to USA Today Network’s Bob Nightengale. Aug. 11 is currently a scheduled off day for both teams before they begin a three-game series at Great American Ball Park.

Major League Baseball announced the game would return in 2022, even before the wildly popular Yankees-White Sox game took place last Thursday. With 5.9 million viewers, that game was the most-watched regular-season baseball game on Fox in 16 years.

The White Sox hosted the Yankees last Thursday. The teams then had an off day Friday before concluding the series Saturday and Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Cubs manager David Ross let it slip the Cubs were scheduled to play in next year’s game during a chat with reporters last week.

The White Sox beat the Yankees 9-8 thanks to Tim Anderson’s walk-off home run.

Members of the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees take the field prior to a game at the Field of Dreams on August 12, 2021 in Dyersville, Iowa. | Stacy Revere/Getty Images

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White Sox third baseman Jake Lamb walks through a cornfield before a the “Field of Dreams” game. | Charlie Neibergall/AP

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Actor Kevin Costner walks onto the field prior to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. | Stacy Revere/Getty Images

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A general view of the Field of Dreams during the first inning between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees on August 12, 2021 in Dyersville, Iowa. | Stacy Revere/Getty Images

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A-10 aircraft conduct a flyover before a baseball game | Charlie Neibergall/AP

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A hot air balloon is seen during the third inning. | Stacy Revere/Getty Images

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Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton walks on the field with earns of corn in his back pockets before the game. | Charlie Neibergall/AP

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Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge watches a home run from the Sox’ Seby Zavala fly into the outfield corn in the fourth inning. | Charlie Neibergall/AP

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Aaron Judge anticipates a pitch during the fourth inning against the White Sox. | Stacy Revere/Getty Images

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White Sox bullpen pitcher watches from the outfield corn during a baseball game against the Yankees in Dyersville, Iowa. | Charlie Neibergall/AP

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Sox right fielder Adam Engel anticipates a pitch during the seventh inning against the New York Yankees. | Stacy Revere/Getty Images

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Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton walks to the dugout during the sixth inning against the White Sox as the sun sets at the Field of Dreams game. | Stacy Revere/Getty Images

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The Cubs’ being in the 2022 game was first reported by NBC Sports Chicago. Major League Baseball has not made an announcement, although commissioner Rob Manfred did say MLB would return in 2022. 

The made-from-scratch stadium in Dyersville (pop. 4,000) — built to hold about 8,000 fans — was placed next to the actual diamond where the 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner was shot outside the town.

The film, naturally, remains a strong source of local pride, and Iowa residents were given purchasing priority when the limited amount of public tickets went on sale.