Field of Dreams (1989): Ray's History

The clip ray's history from Field of Dreams (1989) with Kevin Costner

My father's name was John Kinsella. It's an Irish name.
He was born in North Dakota in 1896 and never saw a big city until he came back from France in 1918.
He settled in Chicago, where he learned to live and die with the White Sox.
Died a little when they lost the 1919 World Series died a lot the following summer when eight teammates were accused of throwing that Series.
He played some in the minors, but nothing came of it.
Moved to Brooklyn in '35 married Mom in '38 was already an old man at the naval yards when I was born in 1952.
My name's Ray Kinsella.
Mom died when I was 3, and I suppose Dad did the best he could.
Instead of Mother Goose, I was put to bed to stories of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the great Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Dad was a Yankees fan then, so I rooted for Brooklyn.
But in '58, the Dodgers moved away, so we had to find other reasons to fight.
We did.
When it came time to go to college I picked the farthest from home I could find.
This drove him up the wall, which, I suppose, was the point.
Officially my major was English, but really it was the '60s.
I marched, I smoked some grass I tried to like sitar music, and I met Annie.
The only thing we had in common was that she came from Iowa and I'd once heard of Iowa.
After graduation, we moved to the Midwest and stayed with her family as long as we could.
Almost a full afternoon.
Annie and I got married in June of '74.

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