In this episode, Lon Phillips is shown playing baseball for the Hawaii Islanders...They were an actual minor league team that played in Hawaii from 1961 until 1987, when they moved to Colorado and became the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
The title is based upon a term used in American baseball when the players, grounds keepers, owners, behind the scene employers and even public officials or celebrities show off for the fans in the grandstands with stunts or actions that are not related to the game being played on the field.
Hawaii Islanders shown batting (from 1970 team): #20-Marty Perez, #26 Winston Llenas and #14 Jim Hicks coming to the plate. Spokane pitcher #17-Jerry Stephenson.
Gary Phillips is described as a "boy" by various characters. The actor who played Gary, Elliott Street, was 27 years old at the time of the showing of the episode in March 1971. Pernell Roberts, who played Gary's father, was only 15 years older than Street.