Movie |
Baseball Stadium | Based On Novel Or Book
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Best Sound Editing Dialogue ADR | 2000 | Wylie
Best Performance in a Feature Film Supporting Young Actress | 2000 | Jena
Best Family Feature Film Drama | 2000
Best Young ActressPerformance in a Motion Picture Drama | 2000 | Jena
Favorite Supporting Actress DramaRomance | 2000 | Jena
Budget 50,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 46,112,640 USD
The shots of Billy Chapel's parents at the beginning of the movie are Kevin Costner's actual parents.
The manager of the New York Yankees is played by Augie Garrido, who befriended Kevin Costner while he was the head coach at Cal State Fullerton. Garrido has been the head coach at the University of Texas since 1997, and the two remain good friends.
Dave Eiland (the only major league player ever to give up a homerun to the first hitter he faced, and hit a homerun in his first plate appearance), who played a relief pitcher in the bullpen and celebration scene, was also Kevin Costner's pitching double in some long shots. He later went on to serve as pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets.
According to Kevin Costner, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was becoming agitated that the Yankees would be seen losing in a movie filmed on location at Yankee Stadium. Costner said he was able to calm Steinbrenner down by explaining that Billy Chapel, and not necessarily the game itself, was the movie's major focus. Costner also explained that the game would mean nothing to the Yankees, and that it wasn't played as a "Winner Take All" scenario. Costner convinced Steinbrenner that in the movie's universe, the Yankees would clinch the AL East division the next day, keeping alive their World Series chances. Costner said that he later received a Yankees 1999 World Series ring as a thank-you gift from Steinbrenner.
All four umpires were played by real Major League umpires.
"Vin Scully: The cathedral that is Yankee Stadium belongs to a Chapel."
"Billy Chapel: I used to believe, I still do, that if you give something your all it doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you've risked everything put everything out there. And I've done that. I did it my entire life. I did it with the game. But I never did it with you, I never gave you that. And I'm sorry. I know I'm on really thin ice but, when you said I didn't need you... well last night should've been the biggest night of my life, and it wasn't. It wasn't because you weren't there. So I just wanted to tell you, not to change your mind or keep you from going, but just so you know, that I know, that I do need you."
