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Cruz attracted a modest crowd to the event. Some had come asking the senator to autograph a copy of his recently released memoir, \"A Time for Truth,\" while others were tourists who came to see the famous field and ended up finding themselves in the presence of a presidential candidate.

Baseball and Presidential politics in Dyersville, Iowa at The Field of Dreams with @SenTedCruz http://t.co/AnkzL8TYV1

— Josh Haskell (@joshbhaskell) July 17, 2015

Fred Gilbert came from nearby Dubuque to see Cruz after getting a message from his pastor about the campaign stop.

Gilbert said the number one thing he's looking for in a presidential candidate is \"character.\"

\"Not someone that is a character but someone that has character,\" Gilbert said.

Cruz has pledged to visit all 99 counties in Iowa, the state that traditionally holds the nation's first presidential caucuses. His stop at the Field of Dreams was just one of several the senator will make in the Hawkeye State this weekend, including a town hall at his headquarters in Brooklyn, Iowa later today and Saturday's Family Leadership Summit in Ames where he will appear along with nine of his rivals in the Republican presidential race.

\"I'll be back,\" Cruz said. \"We're going to be here a lot.\"

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