The film drew record crowds to Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Scenes were often shot between innings.
Stan's "You don't like me" ads are a parody of basketball player Charles Barkley's "I am not a role model" ads from the early 1990s.
The fake National Baseball Hall of Fame plaque for Stan Ross used in the film is on display at the real National Baseball Hall of Fame, though in an exhibit dedicated to baseball movies, not with the real Hall of Famers.
Six years prior to the film's release, the Milwaukee Brewers switched from the American League to the National League and the team's main rival in the film, the Houston Astros would switch from the National League to the American League nine years after the film's release.