The Bruins goalie in the hockey footage shown in the bar is actually Doug Keans (#31).
Jay Thomas makes his first appearance as Eddie LeBec.
Carla said that Sam gave up three moonshot homer's to Harmon Killebrew on one game. As a relief pitcher Sam would not have faced one batter that many times in a single game, but the game in question could have been a "spot start," where a reliever starts a game due to a starter's injury or, perhaps, a doubleheader. It's also possible that Sam was a starter early in his career before becoming known as a reliever (like, e.g., Jason Isringhausen); Killebrew played from 1954-75, so the timing would work out.
Eddie LeBec's Boston Bruins team starts the episode by defeating the Montreal Canadiens, before a run of bad luck for LeBec sees them enter a losing streak. In real life, the Bruins beat the Canadiens in a game that took place just one week before this episode first aired, but the Canadiens would go on to have the last laugh, beating the Bruins in the Adams Division semi-finals.
This Episode Was Repeated On Woody Harrelson (Woody)'s 26th Birthday