Yount is the only pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) history to be credited with one pitching appearance without facing a batter.

With the Astros trailing the Atlanta Braves 4–1 in the Astrodome on September 15, 1971, Yount was summoned to pitch the ninth inning.

The elder Yount retired after eight minor league seasons in 1976, later becoming a successful real estate developer in Arizona to go along with being an agent for his brother Robin.

[9] In 2011, Austin Yount played for the Winston-Salem Dash, a Class A affiliate in the Chicago White Sox organization, where he batted .214; he has not appeared on a pro baseball roster since.

Larry's nephew (and Robin's son) Dustin Yount played ten years in the Orioles and Dodgers organizations (and was a teammate of Austin's at Inland Empire in 2010), but never made it past AA ball, with a career batting average of .261.

Steve Wynn wrote the song after a curator at the Baseball Hall of Fame mentioned Yount's story to the band.