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Cedar Rapids Kernels shortstop Brooks Lee was the first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins recently, the eighth overall selection. Despite going 2 1/2 months between games after his college season ended, Lee has done nothing but hit since he turned pro.

Photos from the 2022 Field of Dreams Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds.

The Cubs-Reds matchup wasn’t great, but everything else about the 2022 Field of Dreams game was just fine.

Major League Baseball’s inaugural Field of Dreams game last summer was a hit. The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds followed it up with a less-memorable game near Dyersvillle on Thursday night, but it was still a beautiful night for baseball at an iconic setting in Iowa.

Movie magic and baseball: a classic American experience

Sequels are tough to pull off, and the 2022 Field of Dreams MLB game in Dyersville is no exception.

Pitchers Cade Povich and Sawyer Gipson-Long and infielder Christian Encarnacion-Strand played for the 2022 Cedar Rapids Kernels, with Povich still on the active roster. All three were a part of trades that sent them Tuesday to other MLB organizations.

Seven players with local, Eastern Iowa, Iowa Hawkeyes ties were taken in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft, have signed and are beginning their professional careers. Here’s a look at those seven.

Cedar Rapids Prairie grad, former Kirkwood Community College and now former University of Louisville outfielder Levi Usher has signed a contract with the Kansas City Royals, after being picked by them Monday in the 10th round of the MLB Draft.

Cedar Rapids Prairie graduate and former Kirkwood Community College outfielder Levi Usher was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday. Usher has one more season of college eligibility remaining at the University of Louisville but is expected to turn pro.

Iowa Hawkeyes junior pitcher Adam Mazur was taken in the second round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday night by the San Diego Padres, the 53rd-overall pick.

Cedar Rapids Xavier grad Mitch Keller has made adjustments this season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Universal Television was awarded a $6 million grant for the “Field of Dreams” television series that starts filming in Iowa later this year.

Iowa and Oklahoma State will wrestle their annual dual in February at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The event will also include a USA vs. Iran dual.

The company said Thursday that This is Heaven LLC, a company of the 53-year-old Thomas and Chicago real estate developer Rick Heidner, bought the interests in Go the Distance Baseball owned by the Denise M. Stillman Trust.