Goofs for
The Scout (1994) More at IMDbPro »

• Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the tryouts, a wooden bat makes a sound like a metal bat.
  
  
• Errors in geography: Steve Nebraska is supposedly on the roof of Yankee Stadium, yet the Los Angeles skyline is visible behind him.
  
  
• Continuity: A shot of Steve Nebraska on the roof of Yankee Stadium is swapped left-for-right.
  
  

• Continuity: When Steve is talking to Al on the roof, he throws his glove to the ground. However, a couple of shots later he is holding it in his hand, even though he never picked it up.
  
  
• Continuity: Steve's green beer bottle keeps turning between cuts while he chats with the scout in the lounge.
  
  
• Continuity: Steve holds a pile of plates with one hand as he hurls them Frisbee-style out of Al's kitchen window with the other hand. In the next shot, he's holding just one plate.
  
  
• Plot holes: A team always has a player undergo tests before it signs him, not after.
  
  
• Miscellaneous: A St. Louis Cardinals player is shown in the dugout wearing a hoop earring. Due to the risk of it getting caught or snagged, such jewelry is not allowed to be worn during a game.
  
  
• Plot holes: A team always releases a new player's biographical information to the media.
  
  
• Miscellaneous: In the final game scene, Ozzie Smith is at the bat with two outs and two strikes, but the scoreboard reads 0 strikes, 0 outs and #18 at bat. Ozzie Smith is #1.
  
  
• Factual errors: Ozzie Smith is shown wearing a batting helmet with a protective ear flap. In real life, Ozzie Smith wore a flapless batting helmet.
  
  
• Factual errors: Al makes a promise that Steve will join the team and pitch the first game of the World Series if the Yankees make it that far. However, no player is allowed to play in the post-season if he is not on the 25-man roster as of August 31.
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the film, pitcher Brendan Fraser bats in game 1 of the World Series. In the World Series, if the American League team is home they are allowed to select a designated hitter. Although teams almost always use this option, they are not required to do so and may allow the pitcher to hit.
  
  

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