Kevin Costner revealed that when they were filming For Love of the Game, then-Yankees owner George Steinbrenner refused to let them use Yankee Stadium because the Yankees lost in the movie.
Kevin Costner: I call up George. He's a legendary guy, difficult guy, and I wasn't certain how I was going to go about doing this, but so much was riding on it.
And so I called him up and I said, "Hello, George."
He goes, "Hello, Kev!"
And I said, "Hi, George."
He goes, "What do you need, Kev?"
And I said, "Well, George, we're not... it sounds like we can't come to Yankee Stadium."
He goes, "That's right!"
And I'm thinking to myself, Where's my dad? I need somebody to help me with this. I don't know what to say to this guy.
I said, "George, but we had a contract."
He goes, "I know that, but I can't let it happen, Kev."
And I said, "All right, George, you want to explain that to me, why?"
He goes, "Well, the Yankees lose."
"The Yankees what?"
"They lose. Can't let that happen, Kev."
The 2008 Florida Gators won the National Championship, 41 PLAYERS FROM THAT ROSTER HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. 🚨
One in every three players on that team have spent time in the slammer.
Texas A&M went 7-1 in the SEC and was a tiebreaker away from making the SEC Championship Game and scored 3 total points at home against a "lowly" ACC team, so I think we need to retire the "SEC teams would go undefeated in every other conference" narrative forever