{"id":83036,"date":"2025-08-25T09:32:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=83036"},"modified":"2025-08-25T09:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:33:33","slug":"bob-nightengale-erroneously-reported-mets-participating-in-2026-field-of-dreams-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=83036","title":{"rendered":"Bob Nightengale erroneously reported Mets participating in 2026 Field of Dreams game"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"main\"><main role=\"main\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thecomeback.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/08\/USATSI_18857839_168384754_lowres-e1756069806852-832x447.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Nightengale erroneously reported Mets participating in 2026 Field of Dreams game\" width=\"832\" height=\"447\" \/> Credit: The Enquirer<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cF***ing Bob Nightengale. Shoulda known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was Drew Smith at Philadelphia sports site <em>The Liberty Line<\/em> after needing to update their story on which teams would be playing in the 2026 Field of Dreams game following the initial announcement by the USA Today baseball columnist and reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Nightengale seemingly broke the news early Sunday morning that\u00a0Major League Baseball was bringing back the\u00a0<em>Field of Dreams<\/em> game for the first time since 2022, and that it would be the Philadelphia Phillies taking on the New York Mets in Dyersville, Iowa, in June.<\/p>\n<p>However, several hours later, Matt Gelb and Dan Hayes at The Athletic\u00a0reported the Phillies would face the\u00a0Minnesota Twins in Iowa in August. Nightengale amended his report accordingly.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Correction: The Phillies are hosting the Minnesota Twins in the Field of Dreams Game in August, not the Mets. https:\/\/t.co\/GdN2oYaEBM<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1959658877332709674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1959658877332709674%7Ctwgr%5E2ed5a9cfa176ddb6fb10022d66137bc257c06d04%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fawfulannouncing.com%2Fmlb%2Fbob-nightengale-mets-2026-field-of-dreams-game-phillies-twins.html<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCorrections and clarifications: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the teams who will play in the 2026 Field of Dreams Game,\u201d read an update at the top of Nightengale\u2019s article.<\/p>\n<p>Given that the correction came several hours after the initial report, many a Phillies and Mets outlet had to update and amend their stories on the game. Several outlets still had the erroneous information Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>While perhaps not the greatest tragedy the world has ever known, it\u2019s the latest in a long line of reporting gaffes for Nightengale, who has developed a reputation for needing his work double-checked and verified.<\/p>\n<p>MLB will reveal its 2026 schedule on Tuesday, including the date of the Phillies-Twins game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"author-box\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/main><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Today&#8217;s Bob Nightengale had to fix his initial report that the Mets would be participating in the 2026 Field of Dreams game in Iowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":83041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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