SPRINGFIELD — The second annual, “MLB Field of Dreams,” game is set for tonight between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs and 95-year-old Don Rinker of Springfield, one of the Reds oldest fans, will be in attendance.
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Rinker tells News Center’s 7 Haley Kosik that he was just 14-years-old when he went to his first Cincinnati Reds baseball game.
Rinker was a paper for the Springfield News and Sun and sold the most newspapers and won a trip to the game for his hardwork.
“My first game was in 1939 at Crosley Field,” he said.
“I sat in the last row at the end of left field,” said Rinker. “I’ve been a pretty good supporter for a long, long time.”
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He’s been a regular season ticket holder since 1974 and has gone to more than 1,000 Reds’ games. He attended Dream Week in 1981.
“Well that was a lot of fun,” Rinker said. “You met a lot of different people.”
He turned 95-years-old Tuesday and his daughter Kim bought two tickets to the, “Field of Dreams,” game in Dyersville, Iowa; the same filming location as the iconic move, starring Kevin Costner.
“They play in a cornfield!” Rinker told Kosik.
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The tickets cost nearly $900 and thinks this will be game yet and predicts a Reds win.
“The Reds eight, Cubs zero.”
First pitch between the Reds and Cubs is at 7:15 p.m.