<P> Ray Kinsella is a novice Iowa farmer who lives with his wife , Annie , and daughter , Karin . In the opening narration , he explains how he had a troubled relationship with his father , John Kinsella , who had been a devoted baseball fan . While walking through his cornfield one evening , he hears a voice whispering , `` If you build it , he will come . '' He continues hearing this before finally seeing a vision of a baseball diamond in his field . Annie is skeptical , but she allows him to plow the corn under in order to build a baseball field . As he builds , he tells Karin the story of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal . Months pass and nothing happens ; his family faces financial ruin until , one night , Karin spots a uniformed man on the field . Ray recognizes him as Shoeless Joe Jackson , a deceased baseball player idolized by John . Thrilled to be able to play baseball again , he asks to bring others to the field to play . He later returns with the seven other players banned as a result of the 1919 scandal . </P>
<P> Ray Kinsella is a novice Iowa farmer who lives with his wife , Annie , and daughter , Karin . In the opening narration , he explains how he had a troubled relationship with his father , John Kinsella , who had been a devoted baseball fan . While walking through his cornfield one evening , he hears a voice whispering , `` If you build it , he will come . '' He continues hearing this before finally seeing a vision of a baseball diamond in his field . Annie is skeptical , but she allows him to plow the corn under in order to build a baseball field . As he builds , he tells Karin the story of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal . Months pass and nothing happens ; his family faces financial ruin until , one night , Karin spots a uniformed man on the field . Ray recognizes him as Shoeless Joe Jackson , a deceased baseball player idolized by John . Thrilled to be able to play baseball again , he asks to bring others to the field to play . He later returns with the seven other players banned as a result of the 1919 scandal . </P>
what did the voice say in field of dreams
what did the voice say in field of dreams
`` If you build it , he will come . ''
`` If you build it , he will come . ''