In return for the rematch, the school was to receive $500 for the library fund. This is equivalent to $4015.88 in 2020 dollars.
Uncle Charley (William Demerest) comments that if the dads won, "the Mets are a sure bet for the pennant". At the time, the New York Mets had lost at least 100 games each season since their inception, but in 1969 won the World Series.