Taking to his social media accounts on Tuesday, Kevin Costner selected to as soon as once more shine a highlight on Ray Liotta’s “Area of Goals” efficiency and the legacy that he in the end left behind for baseball followers as “Shoeless Joe Jackson.” 

“In honor of MLB at Area of Goals this week, I needed to share some recollections from the film however extra importantly keep in mind the wonderful Ray Liotta,” Costner stated in a publish to Instagram. “‘Shoeless Joe Jackson’ might be on the market with all of us for an awesome night time of baseball within the fields of Iowa.” In his publish, the actor shared a number of photographs of himself and Liotta engaged on the movie. In a single set of images, Jackson asks Costner’s character, Ray Kinsella, if he has arrived in Heaven. Costner merely responds with a smile, “No. It is Iowa.” Different images within the publish embrace a shot of Liotta standing along with his on-screen teammates, in addition to a newer picture of Costner throwing a pitch on the sphere.

Surprisingly, Liotta by no means truly noticed “Area of Goals” or his efficiency as Shoeless Joe. Throughout a 2012 interview with Huffington Submit, the actor defined why. “My mother was actually sick throughout that interval, so it brings again different issues,” he stated. Liotta additional defined the story throughout a 2021 look on The Wealthy Eisen Present, clarifying that he and his mom tried to sit down by means of a displaying of the film when it first got here out, however simply could not get by means of it. “She could not actually take pleasure in herself,” Liotta stated. “So we left, and I simply equate it with that.”