A League of Their Own (1992 Movie)

[70s show watcher]

its a very good movie

[TMC]

Remember when Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, and Rosie O’Donnell stepped onto the diamond and turned a World War II baseball league into one of the most quotable sports movies ever made. A League of Their Own gave us the Rockford Peaches, charm school chaos, and a line about crying that still gets shouted at little league games decades later.

These are 15 weird facts about A League of Their Own, the kind you only notice once you look past the nostalgia… just a little.

Chapters:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:20 - #15: Almost a Completely Different Dottie — Geena Davis
• 03:11 - #14: 2,000 Women Tried Out and Trained for Real — Penny Marshall
• 04:14 - #13: The Flashiest Plays Were Actually Real — Rosie O’Donnell
• 05:21 - #12: Older Dottie Was a Casting Trick — Lynn Cartwright
• 06:45 - #11: The Jimmy and Dottie Romance That Got Cut — Tom Hanks
• 07:51 - #10: “There’s No Crying in Baseball” Was Inspired by a Real Meeting — Tom Hanks
• 09:28 - #9: Slip-and-Slide Training Caused Real Injuries — Penny Marshall
• 10:48 - #8: Tom Hanks Gained Weight and Filmed That Infamous Scene — Tom Hanks
• 12:22 - #7: A Real Calf Was Born During Filming — John Lovitz
• 13:27 - #6: The Rockford Peaches Were Real, But the Final Game Wasn’t — Dottie Kamenshek
• 14:45 - #5: Charm School and Strict Image Rules Were True — All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• 15:55 - #4: From Hit Movie to Short-Lived TV Spinoff — Megan Cavanagh
• 17:57 - #3: Classic Ballparks Brought the 1940s to Life — Wrigley Field
• 18:56 - #2: Real AAGPBL Players Appear in the Hall of Fame Ending — All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• 20:07 - #1: The Four-Hour Cut With Darker Storylines — Penny Marshall