According to a Sports Illustrated article, Rose impressed the film producers with his professionalism on the set. He knew his lines, delivered them without sounding like he was just reciting words and was able to easily adjust whenever the director suggested changes in pace on alternative takes. Rose attributed his ease in front of the camera to doing many commercials. "I do what the director tells me to do," he said.
Because Pete Rose had been given a lifetime suspension from Major League Baseball, his scene had to be rewritten from taking place on a baseball field to a bar because he was not permitted to wear an MLB-licensed uniform.
William Lucking played Babe Ruth in an episode of Voyagers! titled Cleo and the Babe. In the episode Cleopatra inadvertently travels to New York City in 1927 and helps out Lucky Luciano kidnap Babe Ruth. In 1919, Jeff and Phineas convince Babe Ruth to give up pitching and become the home run hitting champion he is more famous for.