On Thursday, the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox are playing a Major League Baseball game in a cornfield in Iowa, inspired by the movie ‘Field of Dreams.’ Meanwhile in Campbell County, leaders of the Rustburg Dixie Softball League continue to build a field of dreams of their own.
The sprawling 10 acres of the old Riley Farm currently is home to a cinderblock garage, a few dozen folding chairs and waist-high grass, with a mowed clearing and gravel delineating a place for the crowd to gather.
But when Jessi Roman looks out across the property, she sees what it can be â the new home for Rustburg Dixie Softball, a decadeslong search coming to a close.
On Tuesday, the league broke ground at the property, and members hope to see the âfoundationâ of the complex â three softball fields â be completed in time for âfall ballâ at the end of this year.