EditorialA baseball field in Charleroi, Pa., which is held up in the novel “American Rust” as an example of a Rust Belt town that is beginning to revitalize, Aug. 7, 2021. (Jared Wickerham/For The New York Times)
EditorialA new baseball field in Dyersville, Iowa, Aug. 11, 2021, near the original used in the film ?Field of Dreams? and where the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox will play a game on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (Tyler Kepner/The New York Times)
EditorialMarjorie Adams stands in the dugout at a baseball field where vintage baseball games are played, in Tolland, Conn. Sept. 19, 2015. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialWashington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby waves to fans during the annual NHL Winter Classic at Nationals Park in Washington, Jan. 1, 2015. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialEvent tarps erected in a baseball field where students of the damaged Hipolito Garcia Elementary School in Yauco, Puerto Rico, are expected to study, Feb. 13, 2020. (Erika P. Rodriguez/The New York Times)
EditorialFearing another earthquake, local residents camp out at a baseball field in Guanica, Puerto Rico, on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2020. (Erika P. Rodriguez/The New York Times)