He was born in North Dakota in 1896 and never saw a big city until he came back from France in 1918.
7 seconds sound clip from the Field of Dreams (1989) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:01:41.793 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- My father's name was John Kinsella.
- 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 quickly learned to live and die with the White Sox.
- He played in the minors for a year or two, but nothing ever came of it.
- Moved to Brooklyn in '35, married Mom in '38,
- Was already an old man working at the naval yards when I was born in 1952.
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