The "REGGIE?" headline and the picture of George Steinbrenner and Reggie Jackson appear on top of a newspaper article about the NHL.
Although the series is set in 1977, this episode shows real footage of Yankee games played in 1978 such as the famous collision on May 12, 1978 between outfielders Reggie Jackson and Paul Blair, which allowed Amos Otis of the Royals to score a gamewinning inside-the-park home run.