just ahead one of our favorites around here, kevin costner.ssage of hope he's spreading with his band in a song that seems to fit for the times.for the times. but first, this is "today" on we're all doing our part by staying at home. that could mean an increase in energy bills. you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or closing y >>> >>> we are back with acclaimed actor, oscar winning director kevin costner. we'll get to that side of his career in a moment, but we want to start with his band modern west and his song that's really appropriate for the times we're in kevin costner, good morning. you're such a sport for joining us this early. >> it is early good morning. >> tell us about the song. i listened to it this morning. i know it's from a few years back but it sure does seem toss match the times. >> the band has been together, modern west together about 16 years. i remember us writing a song about katrina called 'n' five minutes to america." we wake up sometimes and some exploded, to

same time, in a more romanticized kind of way in the more popular movie, "field of dreams" with kevin costner. shoeless joe jackson and other players will return and get to play baseball again despite the lifetime ban against them in the cornfield in iowa. and the genesis of the story or of the filming went out, and then in "the field of dreams" is the 1963 book by an author named eliot azinof. the gist of this is why the white sox do it, and this is a great myth we are dealing with. the myth is this -- it is charles comiskey's fault. it is that these guys were exploited, working men. they were not, you know, being paid very well. they were among the lowest paid teams in the american league, even though they were the pennant winner that year. comiskey was cheating them on bonuses, specifically eddie cicotte. he was really so bad that he was not even cleaning their uniforms. they were not even called the black sox the first year because they were crooked, but it was because comiskey would not even clean their uniforms. he was an all-round bad guy and the black sox were just righting a wrong. t