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PHILADELPHIA “Field of Dreams” made Moonlight Graham famous because he appeared in one game for the 1905 New York Giants and never played again. But what made Graham’s story truly special is that he never hit. He entered the game as a late-inning defensive replacement and finished it standing in the on-deck circle.
So close.
“You know, we just don’t recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they’re happening,” Graham’s character said in the film. “Back then I thought, Well, there’ll be other days. I didn’t realize that that was the only day.”