Costner Open to Baseball, Cowboy Films

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) _ Kevin Costner says he would be glad to make another baseball movie, and wants to direct another cowboy film. <br/><br/>He also believes that disgraced Chicago White Sox star

Friday, June 11th 2004, 10:23 am

By: News On 6

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) _ Kevin Costner says he would be glad to make another baseball movie, and wants to direct another cowboy film.

He also believes that disgraced Chicago White Sox star Shoeless Joe Jackson should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Costner was on hand Wednesday at the DVD release party for the 15th anniversary edition of ``Field of Dreams.'' Universal Studios dressed a West Hollywood baseball field with corn stalks and bleachers and projected the film on an outdoor screen for a crowd that included Costner's co-stars Amy Madigan and Timothy Busfield.

Costner said the mystical tale might have a tough time finding an audience today in the middle of special effects-laden blockbusters and sequels.

The movie follows Costner's character as he builds a baseball diamond in an Iowa cornfield to attract Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was banned from baseball for life after his team was found to have thrown the 1919 World Series.

Jackson's teammates were found to have taken money from gamblers to purposely lose the series. Jackson knew about the scheme, but said he refused the money and actually played some of the best games of his career during the series.