Rahe: You know, I think everybody has their own reason for coming to the Field of Dreams.

The field has become really part of the American culture.

It really is an American institution.

Staff member: It gets played on every day, so to keep it looking pristine is a lot of fun, but it's a big challenge, as well.

Bolibaugh: I grew up in town here, just played a lot of baseball, did some bat-boying for the semi-pro team in town here.

Played a lot of high school ball.

We got runner up state tournament.

That was fun.

And after high school, I played for Farley.

I was asked to play for them after being a bat boy for all those years.

Yeah, I've always been a Field of Dreams fanatic, if you want to call it that.

Back when I was growing up, the budget around here was pretty low.

It kind of looked like a sandlot, maybe back in the days, you know, in a very friendly way of putting it.

But I just remember as a kid, like thinking, man, if I ever got a chance to take care of this place, like I would want it to be as close to the movie as possible.

So I started here in February of 2024.

I remember the first day I came out to the movie site, and I got to, like, drag the field for the first time, and it was like, I just got chills.

This is real life right now.

I take care of the field.

If anybody wants to rent out the field during the week, you can rent it by the hour.

So I kind of get the field ready for that.

On top of that, I do the tournaments that we run.

See how my new tires do.

I handle all the umpires, and then I handle a field prep crew of, like, high school guys, and they'll chalk the fields and drag the fields in town and also out here at the movie site.

We'll chalk the batter's boxes, do the foul lines.

I always like to put out the lines down the side and paint that into the grass.

You know, get string line out and make it look official.

It's a big responsibility.

It's a pride thing.

You know, all the all the kids that get to come out here and any visitor who gets to come out here, I don't -- you know if they play a game out here, It shouldn't be unrealistic to play on near like, MLB field.

Yeah, but if we just go about here, they're way easier to get on and off.

You don't have to hammer them.

Need a hammer.

[ Laughs ] Hammer!

Obviously, our budget's a little different, but as close as I can get it, that'll do it.

You know, I really take care of the mound.

I've always been a pitcher.

I still pitch to this day if my shoulder lets me.

I want somebody to step on the mound going, whoa, you know, and I get that a lot.

And I get compliments like, "Oh, you take a lot of pride in this."

Yes, I do.

This is very special.

I always say I pinch myself daily.

It's kind of unbelievable that this is actually my full time job.

And I get a, you know, year round job at the Field of Dreams.

When I was little, my Uncle Brian, he would take us out to the movie site every summer, and we'd play catch.

And he had these two old gloves that he got at an estate sale back in the 80s.

I always thought they were cool 'cause they're probably from like the '30s.

They're really old.

When he passed away about four years ago, right before I was asked to be a Ghost Player, I kind of -- I said, I call those.

I wanted those gloves because now I am a Ghost Player and I use them.

[ Cheers and applause ] Announcer: Put your hands together for the Field of Dream Ghost Players.

[ Cheers and applause ] Rahe: I started the Ghost Players back in 1989.

We have a comedy routine that's very similar to what the Harlem Globetrotters used to do with basketball, we do with baseball.

It's very kid orientated.

Announcer: Leading off here on Ghost Saturday, it's Theo!

Come on, Theo.

Oh, that's a good cut.

It's a very entertaining, very interactive, very family friendly show.

And people love that.

Announcer: Good ball hitter!

Right down the line.

Rahe: We literally have done that all over the world.

You know, we've been to 28 foreign countries doing this with the United States military and Major League Baseball and other organizations and such.

And it's just been -- it's been a thrill.

Announcer: Buddy, let's take a swing.

Oh, I knew it.

Oh, Ghost Players.

I knew it!

Yeah.

Yeah.

Person: Big hitter!

Big hitter, guys.

Big hitter.

Rahe: A lot of the guys originally, you know, were in the movie Field of Dreams.

They were selected within their area to be the ballplayers that, you know, portrayed the old time players in the movie and that.

A lot of them played collegiate-ly, minor league and such and that.

But they're just more so than the athletic side of it, they're tremendous individuals, just amazing ambassadors, not only for the Field of Dreams itself, but the state of Iowa in general.

There you go, Cal!

Come on, everybody!

Come on!

Get him running, get him running, get him running!

Here we go.

Let's hear some cheers for Cal.

Come on.

He's racing to the plate.

It's going to be close.

It could be.

Thanks for coming to Gold Saturday here at the Field of Dreams.

How do you catch with these?

Bolibaugh: It's really special anytime I can put on that uniform.

I think of my Uncle Brian.

I also think of my Uncle Jim.

I think they would think this is pretty cool.

Ooh, that was a good one.

See that?

Some people would go to grave sites.

I just never really connected with that.

But I've always had something, maybe just because I'm such a Field of Dreams fanatic, I've had something with the corn.

Is this heaven?

No, it's Iowa, but maybe this is heaven.