While the 2021 game featured the New York Yankees against the Chicago White Sox, whose infamous 1919 squad figured prominently into the movie’s plot, the Cubs’ presence this year created a natural tie-in to Caray.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Given that the Reds were technically the home team, Fox Sports had what it described as a \u201crecreated animation\u201d of Caray leave it up to the fans in attendance to proclaim their root, root, rooting interests. After the song ended, the virtual announcer told the crowd, \u201cBoy, you never sang better in your life!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis is about paying tribute to what makes baseball iconic,\u201d Brad Zager, an executive producer for Fox Sports, said in a statement. \u201cWe hope this moment allows parents to tell their children about what it was like to watch Harry Caray, or what it was like to listen to Harry Caray lead the singing of the seventh-inning stretch in Wrigley Field, so the next generation can understand and appreciate how much it meant.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cEverything about the Field of Dreams is about taking our favorite aspects of baseball history and bringing them to life in the modern day,\u201d added Zager, \u201cwhether it’s from an all-time iconic baseball movie or from the game of baseball itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A spokesman for Fox Sports confirmed to The Washington Post that the representation of Caray was not a hologram, as it was widely referred to online Thursday, but something \u201ccloser to augmented reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Fox Sports executive Michael Davies said the network used a production partner’s \u201ccutting-edge tech that allows photo-realistic animated re-creations\u201d to present \u201cas faithful a tribute to Harry Caray and his legacy as technology allows.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n