: An original ending exists where the owner, Rachel Phelps, is actually revealed to have been motivating the team to win all along, but test audiences hated it, so it was changed to her being a true villain.

: Charlie Sheen was a high school pitcher and could actually throw a fastball in the mid-80s; however, Wesley Snipes was not a natural athlete and required movie magic to look fast.

: A flame-throwing pitcher recruited from a California penal league with serious control problems—until he gets glasses.