SEE IT: Beloved Cubs announcer Harry Caray ‘returns’ at Field of Dreams game

In a case of life imitating art, the MLB’s second annual Field of Dreams game brought a baseball legend back to life — much to the shock of many viewers.

A recreated virtual rendition of Harry Caray singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” played during the seventh inning of the game, and it drew widespread cheers from attendees in the ballpark but received a decidedly mixed reaction on social media, with some fans uneasy about the technological revival of the famous Chicago Cubs announcer, who died in 1998.

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“This is about paying tribute to what makes baseball iconic,” Brad Zager, an executive producer for Fox Sports, said. “We hope this moment allows parents to tell their children about what it was like to watch Harry Caray, or what it was like to listen to Harry Caray lead the singing of the seventh-inning stretch in Wrigley Field, so the next generation can understand and appreciate how much it meant.”

Caray, who was well-known for his flamboyant broadcast career, was famous for singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during games. His broadcasting career spanned over 50 years, ending with his death in 1998 from complications stemming from a heart attack and brain damage.

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Throughout his career, Caray worked with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and more. His final 16 seasons were with the Cubs.

While many have described the recreation of Caray as a hologram, a Fox Sports spokesperson told the Washington Post that the revival was “closer to augmented reality.” Either way, his apparent revival looked realistic enough to spook some fans.

A day before the game, rumors swirled that Fox Sports planned to stage some sort of technological revival of Caray via a hologram. Fox Sports also teased that something would happen in the seventh inning that could “only happen with the magic of the Field of Dreams.”

The company collaborated with a production partner to use technology to give “as faithful a tribute to Harry Caray and his legacy as technology allows,” a Fox Sports executive told the Washington Post.

“Everything about the Field of Dreams is about taking our favorite aspects of baseball history and bringing them to life in the modern day,” Zager continued. “Whether it’s from an all-time iconic baseball movie or from the game of baseball itself.”

Field of Dreams is a 1989 baseball movie depicting a farmer portrayed by Kevin Costner in Dyersville, Iowa, who constructs a baseball field in his cornfields. The movie was famous for the phrase, “If you build it, he will come,” referring to “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. Eventually, ghosts of baseball icons, including Jackson, arrive to play ball on his field followed by a torrent of people flocking there.

The game took place at an 8,000-seat stadium constructed to host the first Field of Dreams game last year, located in the field where the 1989 flick was filmed, giving attendees a familiar feel to the movie.

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In addition to Caray, Fox Sports also paid homage to Vin Scully, the famous Los Angeles Dodger who died in early August. A clip of his voice reciting a line from Field of Dreams saying that “people will come” was played during the game. The homage to Scully came during a mix of clips from baseball history with scenes from the movie.

Ultimately, the Chicago Cubs triumphed over the Cincinnati Reds in the second annual Field of Dreams game with a 4-2 win.