Mayor: "Looks like the Giants are finally gonna win one."
Flunkie: "I don't know Mr. Mayor, it looks like it's going to end up as a no hitter."
Whatever lunkhead wrote that dialog obviously doesn't have the slightest clue about the game of baseball. So it looked like the Giants were well on their way to winning the game, despite having no hits up to that point?
I've often thought the same thing. If you have a no-hitter being tossed against you (unless it's 0- 0) you're gonna lose! The mayor's comments and his aide's always seem a bit stilted to say the least...
shareNo true. While rare you can win a game while being no hit. Walks and reaching on an error can get you on base and you wouldn't have a hit. Now take wild pitches, hit by pitch, stolen bases. More walks and reaching on an error.
All this is very rare, but teams have been no hit and still won. A perfect game however you cannot win. So yeah dialogue was a little choppy, but as rare as it is a team can be no hit and still win
The only thing that makes sense to me is that the mayor was a complete moron, and knew nothing about baseball. Which is possible, considering how he seemed to be more concerned with shaking hands. His unfortunate assistant was simply stating a fact without trying to make the mayor feel stupid.
And that assistant getting shot in the head....Back in '76 when I was 16 and saw this in the theater, it was the first "head" shot I had seen, and looked pretty realistic to me. The way he gets shot, and his body takes a beat to react. It gave me the willies.
If we all liked the same movie, there'd only be one movie!
It is silly dialog, but maybe the Giants were losing 1-0 and had a couple walks in a row to get guys on base and thats what gave the mayor hope. From the fan gear in the stands it looked like they were playing the Phillies.
What's even more funny is the mayor leaves Candlestick park, the Giants old home, and is followed by the bad guys all the way to where the Giants new home is located, at AT&T park. The bad guys take the mayor hostage on the far side of McCovey Cove and the Third St bridge where the parking lot is now located. It's an unintentional coincidence from 1976!
That didn't look like Candlestick to me.
shareWhat didn't look like Candlestick Park to you? In 1976 they used astroturf and not grass, it had the same red seats it has today, it had the same semicircle look behind home plate which it always had in its baseball field configuration and it had the chainlink fence in the outfield. What really gives it away is the exterior shots of the stadium when the mayor gets in his limo with the bad guys right behind. The exterior looks almost exactly like it does today with the hill right beside it, not exactly sure what you saw.
shareThe trivia section says this was an actual Giants game (vs. the Reds).
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That was the point - the mayor was clueless about baseball. So he's just a talking head from a rich family.
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