What the movies taught you about sports

Build it and they will come.

 

Again.

 

Steve Nebraska does NOT hold the major league record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game with 27 -- because it was accomplished in a World Series game.

His $55 million contract, however, was a major league record at that time (1994).

 

Welsh strikers are "wiry"

 

Oh, and...

• Never try to kidnap aged hippy-type baseball fans by trying the old "that gun in my pocket is really just my finger" bit. When you refuse to show them your gun, they will beat you with a tire iron until you leave. Unless you remind them that they are pacifists.

 

The umpire was really Enrico Palatzo.

 

Debbie really likes Dallas football players.

 

...that the Angels played at Dodger Stadium in the late 1980s after Reggie returned from retirement.

 

That you can motivate a baseball team by having peeling a section off a cardboard cutout of the woman owner every time you win.

 

The Reds didn't try that with Marge Schott?

 

If you're stopped at a toll booth, at least wait until Branca throws before handing the guy your money, lest you get whacked without knowing if the Giants won the pennant.

 

Pet store clerks make good wives.