<P> The Yankees manager is played by Augie Garrido, former head coach of the University of Texas Longhorns . Garrido is the former head baseball coach of California State University Fullerton, which is Costner's alma mater . </P> <Ul> <Li> In the opening credits, a newspaper headline says that "Billy Chapel dominates Game 1 of the 1984 World Series". In real life the starting pitcher of game one for the Tigers was Jack Morris . </Li> <Li> No Tigers pitcher has ever pitched a perfect game . </Li> <Li> Although filming took place prior to the 1999 season, the movie correctly picked the Yankees to win the division with the Boston Red Sox in second place (although in reality, the race was over before the final day). The movie also nearly correctly determined the Tigers' final record of 69--92 . In the movie, the Tigers record is 64--97, with one game to play . </Li> <Li> In the next to the last game of the actual 1999 season, the Tigers were playing in Kansas City against the Royals . The Tigers lost 9--5 . </Li> <Li> In the scene where Billy first meets Jane in New York in 1994, she makes a reference that summer was over and that she had missed it . The only games that the Tigers played in New York that season were in April, due to the 1994--95 Major League Baseball strike . </Li> <Li> In the film, fictional Tigers outfielder Mickey Hart makes a great catch in the 8th inning to keep Billy's perfect game alive . This is redemption for Hart, as earlier in the film there is a flashback to an embarrassing play where a fly ball bounced off his head and over the outfield wall for a home run . The humorous play was said to have defined his career to that point . The play is nearly identical to one that occurred in the 1993 Major League Baseball season, to then Texas Rangers outfielder Jose Canseco . </Li> <Li> In reality, baseball players that have spent 10 years in the major leagues and their last 5 years with the same team have the right to block any trade . As Chapel had spent 18 + years with the Tigers, he could have refused a trade if he chose . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In the opening credits, a newspaper headline says that "Billy Chapel dominates Game 1 of the 1984 World Series". In real life the starting pitcher of game one for the Tigers was Jack Morris . </Li> <Li> No Tigers pitcher has ever pitched a perfect game . </Li>

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