Ex-major leaguer recruited to sell 'Field of Dreams' 

Ken Sanders in an early 1970s photo. Photo courtesy Milwaukee Brewers.

They came, all right. Last year, there were 65,000 of them.

They climbed out of tour buses and minivans to play catch or to buy souvenirs or just to gawk at the emerald baseball diamond that a movie crew carved out of Iowa farmland more than 20 years ago for the set of "Field of Dreams."

Ken Sanders said he isn't quite sure why people come, year after year, to the spot where the famous baseball fantasy film was shot, but knows that the place is beloved by many. ...

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