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It took some convincing before George Steinbrenner allowed \u201cFor Love of the Game\u201d to be filmed at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n
In an interview with GQ, Kevin Costner, who played a 40-year-old Tigers pitcher named Billy Chapel in the 1999 movie, revealed that he had to make a last ditch phone call to the Yankees owner to talk him out of killing the flick.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe movie wasn\u2019t gonna happen in Yankee Stadium, and we already had a crew out there, and no one knew what to do about it, but George wasn\u2019t gonna let it happen,\u201d Costner said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t fair, and it came down to I didn\u2019t have no lawyer, no studio executive. Our movie was dead in the water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd somebody said, \u2018Kevin, you need to talk to him.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Where are all the tough guys? Everybody, what are you talking about? I have to talk to George.\u2019 But he had said no, it wasn\u2019t gonna happen. We had a contract. So, I call up George. He\u2019s a legendary guy, a difficult guy, and I wasn\u2019t certain how I was gonna go about doing that, but so much was riding on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the movie, Costner\u2019s character tosses a perfect game for Detroit in the House that Ruth Built \u2013 something Steinbrenner had a hard time stomaching. <\/p>\n
After an awkward back and forth over the phone, Costner recalled, Steinbrenner finally revealed the holdup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI said, \u2018All right, George, you wanna explain that to me? Why?\u2019 He goes, \u2018Well, the Yankees lose.\u2019 \u2018The Yankees what?\u2019\u201d Costner replied. \u201c\u2018They lose, can\u2019t let that happen, Kev.\u2019 I said, \u2018George, it\u2019s a perfect game. I pitch a perfect game.\u2019 \u2018You don\u2019t even get a hit. Yes, you lose.\u2019 \u2018Yeah, the Yankees can\u2019t lose.\u2019 And I thought, \u2018Well, we\u2019ve just lost the stadium \u2019cause I\u2019m not gonna change the plot.\u2019 So, I listened to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a little bit of silence, and I finally said, and I use different words than I\u2019m gonna use with you, I said, \u2018George, what are you talking about?\u2019 You can guess what I filled in. And he said, \u2018What?\u2019 I said, \u2018What are you talking about?\u2019 I said, \u2018The Yankees don\u2019t lose. They win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Backed into a corner, Costner, who also starred in other iconic baseball movies like \u201cField of Dreams\u201d and \u201cBull Durham,\u201d said he used a bit of creative license to get Steinbrenner on his side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I\u2019m really lying right here right now because they do lose. I kick their ass with a perfect game,\u201d Costner said. \u201cAnd he goes, \u2018What do you mean they don\u2019t lose?\u2019 And I said, I\u2019m tap dancing, thinking, I said, \u2018You guys win the pennant. This is a meaningless game. You guys actually win. You don\u2019t need this game. In fact, you even bring up minor leaguers.\u2019 I\u2019m thinking, \u2018God, I\u2019m just a world-class liar here.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I said, \u2018You win. In fact, you not only win the pennant, George, you go on to win the World Series.\u2019 He goes, \u2018We do?\u2019 I said, \u2018You do in my story. Just, we\u2019re not gonna see that part.\u2019 And he, I don\u2019t know what the hell happened, but he said, \u2018Okay, but you know what this organization means to me.\u2019 I said, \u2018I certainly do. You win the World Series, George. I swear to God, you do.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Although the movie showed no Yankees World Series win, the real-life Bronx Bombers would win it all the same year, their second of three straight championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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