Cubs, Reds set for ‘Field of Dreams’

The Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs will wear throwback jerseys when they meet Thursday amid the cornfields in Dyersville, Iowa, in Major League Baseball’s second “Field of Dreams” game.

For the second straight year, the game will be played in a temporary, 8,000-seat ballpark adjacent to the site of the classic 1989 movie.

The Reds are the designated home team and will wear uniforms based on what they sported in 1919, when they defeated “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and the White Sox in the World Series. The win was later tainted after it was discovered that Jackson and seven of his teammates conspired to throw the Series.

The Cubs will wear navy caps with a logo of a white bear holding a bat, which the team wore in 1914. The Cubs’ uniforms are cream, with a blue version of the bear-withbat logo within a red ‘C.’

The Reds and Cubs were a combined 40 games under .500 through Sunday, but players from both teams are looking forward to Thursday’s spectacle.

“Everybody’s excited,” Reds shortstop Kyle Farmer told reporters last week. “Wearing the 1919 uniforms and walking out of the corn and after everybody watching it from last year, I think everybody’s pretty excited.”

“That was one of my favorite movies,” Cubs second baseman Nick

Madrigal said. “I always liked watching it, so I always wanted to go there since I heard they were playing a game there. It’s pretty cool.”

Cubs claim Reyes from waivers

The Chicago Cubs claimed outfielder Franmil Reyes from Cleveland.

The Guardians had sent Reyes to Class AAA Columbus last week before designating him for assignment on Saturday. Cleveland will be responsible for the $1.5 million left on Reyes’ $4.55 million contract.

Reyes, who hit 30 homers with 85 RBIS last season, began the season as Cleveland’s cleanup hitter. But he went on the disabled list in May with a right hamstring injury and was never was able to find his swing after reappearing in the big league lineup on June 21.