Author: Benny Scala

One of my favorite weekend pastimes is to take in a Florida State League baseball game. On a glorious Sunday afternoon, I can get my tan on, cheat on my diet with a Philly Cheesesteak from Delco’s, enjoy a fabulous craft beer from McGillicuddy’s, and watch some very talented young men play baseball. The game I have so passionately loved since my earliest memories. Although I watch for the pure love of the game, the true fan in me is always on the search for excellence, for that next big thing, so I can say, ‘I was there when….’ Of…

Boogie’s Wrestling Camp — April 21, 1989. The significance of this date? This was the release date of the epic movie ‘Field of Dreams.’ In this classic film, Ray Kinsella follows his dream and does what nobody thought was even remotely possible. In the middle of Nowhere, Iowa (Iowa City in the movie, but Dyersville in reality), Ray builds a magnificent baseball field in the hopes that his father’s hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, will come back to play baseball. Shoeless Joe’s dream to play baseball again did indeed come true, but more importantly, so did the dreams of many men…