It's entirely possible that King might have shown up anyway. And so, the worlds of Drew Barrymore's early horror career and Stephen King's baseball obsession overlapped. Everything came full circle.

1 Stephen King wrote the film with Drew Barrymore in mind Drew Barrymore so impressed King and producer Dino de Laurentis with her performance in 1984’s Firestarter that King wrote the ...

Drew Barrymore received her fair share of gifts ... Firestarter (1984): Which Stephen King adaptation burns brightest? Drew was only nine years old when she lived with the Wards and their children ...