This is the second collaboration between James Naughton and Brian Russell. It took Naughton six months to say yes to the first project, and one day to say yes to this project.
Samuel B. Russell attended St. Joseph High School, the location for the baseball field scenes. Brian Russell moderated the video club at St. Joes while his son was a student there. Crew members Thomas Baik, Nick Constantine, Ross Popick and Lisa DeTullio Russell also attended St. Joes.
The photos of Clarence's wife in his bedroom are of Director Brian Russell's mother.
David A. Gregory studied audio recordings of James Naughton to learn his speech patterns. He ad-libbed the line about ice cream.