Thursday, May 13, 2010

Anyone got 5.5 million dollars I can borrow?

The "Field of Dreams" farm is for sale. I'd be willing to move to Iowa to be the caretaker of the place if someone is willing to pony up the money for the property... (Although I haven't talked to Tara about it yet.)

It wouldn't necessarily be a bad investment. I hear that people will come.
They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.
So anyhow, I'm sure it's just pocket change for some of you. What do you think?

Or maybe I'll just go reorganize my netflix queue...

1 comment:

Mom said...

I think it would be the perfect family -- larger Payne family business!!!! Talk to Adam, he's the one with all the money!