MIKE SCIOSCIA, FORMER DODGERS CATCHER When I saw the script and saw all the guys who committed to it, which was basically the whole all-star team, I was excited. I figured we’re all going to get together and do this, and they called me in to read my lines and I was in there with two other guys who weren’t even ballplayers. I didn’t think it was going to be “We are the World” or anything like that, but I thought there would be some interaction or something going on. I remember they said, ‘Whistle a tune,’ because I was supposed to whistle a nondescript tune as I’m working. So, I just started whistling “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” and they loved it. That’s what they used.

CASTELLANETA It was interesting to see that players who come through in the clutch and are under a lot of pressure were a little nervous standing in front of a microphone.

MARTIN Ken Griffey Jr. was a really young guy with absolutely no acting aspirations whatsoever. He didn’t really want to do it. No knock, he just didn’t ask for this. I think we have Ken Griffey Sr. to thank for getting him to do it.

JEAN Griffey came with his dad. We had this line where he was supposed to say, ‘It’s like there’s a party in my mouth and everyone’s invited!’ And he did not read it quite right. He just didn’t quite know how to say it. It was funny because his dad knew exactly what we wanted and he kept saying, ‘Junior, just say it like this.’ He didn’t know how to do it, so, finally, I put Mike Reiss in the booth with him to kind of help him. I thought he was going to take a bat to Mike.