10/03/2003 03:27:00 PM by Rob

Devotion to accuracy, dept.

One tiny pet peeve: I will let it slide when the kid-oriented movie 'Rookie of the Year' shows a bellowing John Candy in the Harry Caray role, shouting about "one more pitch and it's on to the Worrrrld Seeeeeries!" in what is supposed to be a regular season game.

But in the adult oriented "For the Love of the Game", when Kelly Preston is taking a cab to the airport, the inconsiderate beadsitter won't change the channel from the Yankee game. And the announcer is mentioning that the Yanks can "clinch the pennant" today with a win, even though it's a regular season game.

I mean, they take the time to purchase the licensing rights for all the MLB teams, they film the thing in real MLB stadia, and they even tread lightly around the Yankee retired number and currently used number criteria. I guess this is the ultimate indicator that this was intended to be a "chick flick", and that it's intended audience not only would not know the difference between a division title and a pennant, but would actually get more excited over the use of the word "pennant".

Whoever was in charge of continuity and whoever was the baseball advisor for this flick should have to come in here and lick my sac. Shitfire, this bugs me to no end.

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