Continuity mistake: When Vaughn enters the playoff game, the scoreboard introduces him with a glittery "Wild Thing" display, then reverts to showing the score by the end of his warm-ups. However, when Dorn talks to him on the mound prior to Vaughn's first pitch, the board again shows the glittery display. (01:29:40)
Audio problem: In the scene right after Eddy Harris steals Jobu's rum and then walks out of the dugout onto the field for practice, you can hear him yelling "Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill", but it is extremely clear his lips are not moving at all. (00:53:15)
Other mistake: When the waiter informs Taylor's ex that she has a phone call, he says "Call for you, Miss Russo" which is the character's real last name.
Suggested correction: She says "Ms. Weslin, there's a telephone call for you." Weslin is Lynn's last name.
Deliberate mistake: The film uses Milwaukee County stadium,instead of Cleveland Stadium, as the home of the Indians. (00:26:10)
Other mistake: In the scene before the one game playoff Bob Uecker states that the Indians are going for their first league championship in over 30 years. In reality the win gives them a division championship and not a league championship. (01:20:08)
Continuity mistake: During the opening day game, the angle of the shadows changes drastically between shots. (00:21:20)
Continuity mistake: With Vaughn pitching in game 121 (current record 60-60), he gives up a walk and then a double (according to Harry Doyle). Then he gives up the three-run homerun to Heywood - runners are shown running from first and third, and the guy from first is in a full sprint, which wouldn't happen on the shot that Heywood hit.
Factual error: In the ball park the sign for NBC says channel 4. In Cleveland, NBC was and still is on channel 3. (Filming took place at the old Milwaukee County Stadium, former home of the Braves and Brewers, hence the NBC, WTMJ channel 4 sign. Still a mistake, but there's the explanation.) (01:33:40)
Revealing mistake: In the scene where Pedro sticks a cigarette in Jobu's mouth, he lights it and it starts burning on its own. There's no way a cigarette can burn like that without being inhaled. (00:18:25)
Continuity mistake: In spring training, Lou Brown and the other coach walk over to check out Charlie Sheen's pitching. When Lou says "all right, let's see what you can do," the coaches are pretty much either side of a post supporting the fence, with a "no pepper" sign to their right. When Sheen pitches, the two coaches have suddenly moved about 6 feet over, away from the post, with the no pepper sign directly between them. (00:15:15)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie when the Indians are playing the Yankees, in the 9th inning Hays is on 2nd and starts to steal 3rd. Taylor bunts the ball and the 3rd baseman and shortstop are shown in the camera view, but Hays is nowhere to be seen. He should have been in the camera shot as he had not reached 3rd base yet.
Other mistake: Roger says to Jake that he's going to be a free agent next year, which he's excited about and why he doesn't want to risk injury, but then when he learns of the owner's plan and that he'll be given his release next year, which is the same as free agency, he's upset. Plus you can't be given your release when your contract ends, which it must be if he thought he was going to be a free agent.
Suggested correction: Roger says he'll be a free agent after the next season, not the current season. Depending on the terms of his contract, he could be optioned to the minors or designated for assignment, which could reduce his value on the market when he does become a free agent. This plot point is actually rendered moot a bit in the sequel when he retires, but does come into play as he can activate himself as he's still under contract with the Indians.
Continuity mistake: During the scene where Harry Doyle announces that Ricky Vaughn is one out away from his first major league victory and Vaughn is about to pitch to the A's Mike Rexman, watch as catcher Jake Taylor leaves homeplate and comes up to give Ricky some pitching advice. There are only a handful of people in the stands behind home plate (roughly 20). However, not even 30 seconds later when Taylor walks back to the plate and Mike Rexman stands in to bat, the area behind home plate is now FULL of fans, probably 100 or more. (00:54:35)
Continuity mistake: When Hayes scores the game winner in the tiebreaker, the home plate umpire is not wearing his cap. The cap is back on when he shouts "Safe! Safe!"
Audio problem: As Harry Doyle celebrates with his broadcast partner, one of them is heard shouting "I can't believe it!" but the dialogue doesn't match either men's lip movement.
Other mistake: During the opening credits the newspaper headlines say: "Can the ex-showgirl turn the team around?" If you read the article under the caption, it is describing a basketball game. (03:22:00)
Continuity mistake: In the playoff game against the Yankees, Roger Dorn (#24) hits a single. We then see a wide shot of the runner rounding first base wearing #8. The closeup shot then shows Dorn in his #24 jersey. (01:23:46)
Factual error: Shots of the first game or two have angles of the batters' shadows facing behind home plate (or in other words the sun is around left to center field in some shots). In major league games, that would not be a possibility due to baseball rules that the sun can not be in the batter's eyes.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Willie Mays Hays is stealing home in the final game, the first baseman throws to the catcher. The catcher catches it - with his shin and left foot lying directly across home plate. It switches to an overhead shot, and the catcher is a good five or six feet away from the plate.
Continuity mistake: In the playoff game against the Yankees, right after Uecker announces Harris (the pitcher) is in trouble, there is a shot of him from behind the mound. It's a little out of focus, but look at his hair from under his cap. It doesn't match his hair in the next shot where you see him throwing a pitch. (01:22:35)
