Where should MLB put next out-of-way game?

Egypt? Australia? A hot dog place in Pennsylvania?

If Major League Baseball is looking for another place for a game, oh man, do we have some fun ideas, writes

Jay Cohen of The Associated Press.

The second “Field of Dreams” game is tonight in the cornfields of eastern Iowa, near the site of the beloved 1989 movie. The Chicago Cubs play the Cincinnati Reds after the 2021 game — a wild 9-8 victory for the Chicago White Sox against the New York Yankees — was a smashing success.

But Major League Baseball wants to wait before making a decision on a third “Field of Dreams” date. It has been in contact with multiple cities about future games — including Evansville, Ind., about Bosse Field, where parts of the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own” were filmed — and it has an internal working group examining the possibilities.

In the meantime, AP asked several sports and entertainment figures where they would take a major league game if they had a choice, and they responded with sites all over the world.

John Thorn, Major League Baseball’s official historian, wants to return to Egypt. Not only did major leaguers play a February 1889 game near the pyramids, but the earliest record of a bat-and-ball game — seker-hemat, played by Egyptian pharaohs — is from a wall relief in an Egyptian temple.

“Such a game played today would be doubly important as Egypt is not only the cradle of civilization but also the cradle of baseball,” Thorn said in an email.

Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks wanted to play a game in his native Australia.

“Ideally, I’d like to take it to Baseball Park in Perth because that’s where I grew up playing,” Hendriks said. “Especially in Perth, we don’t really get anyone on that coast very often, so being able to take it there would be a treat for everybody involved.”

The Dodgers and D-backs opened the 2014 season in Australia, with the Dodgers sweeping a pair of games at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona had a similar thought, but with a twist. Francona and his father, Tito, another former major leaguer, both grew up in New Brighton, Pa., near Pittsburgh. Terry Francona, 63, wants to play in his hometown — because of Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe.

“Hot dogs after the game,” a grinning Francona said. “Before and after.”

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