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In the lounge scene after Mickey leaves the table, Whitey says that Mickey was 18 years old when he came up to the Yankees in 1951. Mickey was born in October of 1931, and that would have made him 19-years-old in the spring of 1951. See more...

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For his role as Whitey Ford, rather than having to learn to pitch left-handed, right-handed Anthony Michael Hall wore his uniform number and logo backwards; the image was then flipped. See more...

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61* (2001) - 4 corrections

Directed by Billy Crystal, starring Anthony Michael Hall, Barry Pepper, Bruce McGill, Thomas Jane (add more)

Genres: Drama, History, Sport

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Throughout the film, anytime the baseball is shown in close-up (as when being pitched, etc), it appears to be a modern-day Rawlings American League baseball (with "Rawlings" either covered over or not visible). In 1961, where the film was set, the manufacturer of official baseballs for the majors was Spalding. [Actually American League baseballs in 1961 were made by Reach Sporting Goods, not Spalding.]

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When Roger Maris is on his final shot to get the 61st homerun in the same amount of games as Babe Ruth, he misses by hitting the ball with a check swing. When he hits it, the ball is traveling to his left, towards third base. In the next shot, the first baseman picks it up and tags out Roger! [In the movie when Roger's check swing is in the infield against the Orioles, it is the pitcher, not the first baseman, who picks up the ball and tags him out in his last at bat.]

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In many of the games, Yogi Berra was announced as a left fielder, when he was in fact a catcher. [In 1961, Yogi Berra played 87 games in left field, and 15 as a catcher.]

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In one scene, the Yankees are playing the Twins. The Twins didn't exist until the following year when they moved from Washington. [The Minnesota Twins' inaugural season was in 1961. Owner Calvin Griffith made the announcement to move the team from Washington, DC to Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota on October 26, 1960.]

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