A League Of Their Own

A League Of Their Own is a motion picture starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty, and Rosie O'Donnell. Released in 1992 and directed by Penny Marshall, the movie is based on the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League of the 1940s. Perhaps the film's most memorable line is delivered by Hanks, playing manager Jimmy Dugan, to Bitty Schram, playing pitcher Evelyn Gardner: "There's no crying in baseball."

The movie served to revive interest in the AAGPBL and its former players, after years of complete obscurity. It is often included in various critics' list of the best baseball movies ever made.

Further Reading

• Christina De Nicola: "The real women who inspired ‘A League of Their Own’", mlb.com, July 1, 2022. [1]
• Rob Edelman: "There's No Crying in Baseball: Balls, Bats and Women in Baseball Movies", in Jean Hastings Ardell and Andy McCue, ed.: Endless Seasons: Baseball in Southern California, The National Pastime, SABR, Number 41, 2011, pp. 66-68.
• Gabe Lacques: "Penny Marshall, 'A League of Their Own' still blazing trails for women in baseball", USA Today, December 18, 2018. [2]
• Chris Landers: "Rest in peace Penny Marshall, director of the best baseball movie of all time", "Cut 4", mlb.com, December 18, 2018. [3]

External Link

• Internet Movie Database information on the movie