Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of use of a clip of famed broadcaster Vin Scully narrating the noted “People will come” speech from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, a speech originally voiced by James Earl Jones in the film. In 2016, MLB put out a video on this showing memorable moments in (actual) baseball history synced up with Scully’s narration, and that audio’s shown up a lot since then. A notable recent example comes from Fox Sports’ MLB At Field of Dreams game (Cubs-Reds) coverage Thursday, which used that Scully audio over a new video montage:
https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1557858421310898181
This was perhaps particularly poignant following Scully’s August 2 passing at 94. And it drew a lot of notable reactions:
Oh this Vin Scully narration from the Field of Dreams movie gave me chillsssssss #FieldofDreamsGame
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) August 11, 2022
Nice tribute to Vin Scully on FOX ahead of Field of Dreams game. Scully's impact on the sport reached every corner of every baseball field.
So much love for Scully❤#FieldofDreamsGame #VinScully
— Jill Jelnick (@JillJelnick) August 11, 2022
Absolute chills hearing Vin Scully reciting the famous scene from Field of Dreams pic.twitter.com/Q0R8ff9Wdx
— Baseball Bros (@BaseballBros) August 11, 2022
As good as it gets, voiced by the late Vin Scullypic.twitter.com/0gwfjaSSZv
— Ben Fawkes (@BFawkes22) August 11, 2022
Fox’s broadcast also had analyst Alex Rodriguez speak about his past interactions with Scully:
https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1557858575791206400
And there were several other touching pre-game moments on the Fox broadcast, including Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. walking out of the corn together to have a catch:
Chills.
Ken Griffey Jr and his dad at the Field of Dreams. pic.twitter.com/5QdPjwiS5P
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 11, 2022
It’s cool that Fox was able to work in this Scully clip, especially after his recent passing. This particular MLB At Field of Dreams event is very much about nostalgia and feelings, and while its future comes with some uncertainty, there’s a lot of interest in the current event. And this was a good way to work Scully, a figure on many baseball fans’ minds right now, into this event coverage.
[MLB on Fox on Twitter]
