Author Jack Spears wrote in his book Hollywood: The Golden Era that How Brown Saw the Baseball Game and How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game "used practically the same plot"; Rob Elderman's article "The Baseball Film: to 1920" in the journal Base Ball likewise notes the similarities of their plotlines.
Penulis Jack Spears menuliskan dalam bukunya yang berjudul Hollywood: The Golden Era, bahwa How Brown Saw the Baseball Game dan How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game "menggunakan alur cerita yang pada dasarnya sama"; Artikel yang ditulis Rob Elderman, "The Baseball Film: 1920" dalam jurnal Base Ball juga mencatat kesamaan dari alur cerita di antara kedua film ini.