The Natural (1984) - 13 mistakes
Continuity: In the scene where Roy Hobbs knocks the cover off the ball, he is shown sliding into third base, jumps up and is covered in dirt and mud on the right side of his uniform pants. They then show him standing on third base in a downpour while everyone argues about the ball. In the next scene, he is shown walking down the hall with Pops and a bunch of reporters talking about what he just did, completely dry in a clean uniform.
Continuity: During the scene in the coffee shop after Glenn Close has come to see Robert Redford play baseball, his lemonade is full with the straw standing straight up. In the next shot, his lemonade is less full with the straw leaning to the side, but in the shot after that, the lemonade is back to full and the straw is straight again.
Other: In the top of the ninth inning of the game against the Cubs, both the scoreboard and the radio announcer state that the score is 4-3 in favor of the Cubs. However, when Hobbs is at bat, the radio announcer says "Blevins is at 3rd base, 3 to 3". (Timecode)
Continuity: When Roy breaks his bat in the playoff game, the bat is a long way from the batter's box; the "Wonderboy" fragment is lying further away from the foul line than the rest of the bat, and the fragment "point" faces away from the foul line (hard to see in the long shot, but note how Savoy hands Roy the fragments by both barrels). However, in the close-up the point is beside the foul line, as are the two other pieces. (Timecode)
Continuity: At the end of the movie, hobbs hits a foul ball and breaks his wonderboy bat, however, when he hits the final home run and the camera shows him looking up towards the lights and his bat is in full follow through, you can easily see that it is the wonderboy bat, as the lightning bolt is visible.
Continuity: In the scene where Hobbs goes to bat for the first time, just before Hobbs hits the cover off the ball, the movie cuts to the pitcher, you see the ball in his hand, behind his back. The ball he is holding is a clean, white ball, tightly stitched. When Roy hits the ball, it changes to a dirty ball, you can see this when they go to field the ball & all he has is the cover, it's much dirtier that one hit would have made it, even in the rain.
Continuity: In the opening scenes, little Roy throws a baseball at a target drawn on the barn wall. The ball goes through the wall, breaking a board in half (bottom half falls inside). The next shot shows the board next to it is broken and it is now the top half missing. Submitted by Rlvlk