Film historians have noted similarities between the plot of How Brown Saw the Baseball Game and the Edwin S. Porter-directed comedy film How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game released the previous year.
Para sejarawan film telah mengungkapkan beberapa kesamaan di antara plot How Brown Saw the Baseball Game dan film komedi yang diarahkan oleh Edwin S. Porter, How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game yang dirilis pada tahun sebelumnya.