NO CRYING in Baseball! | *A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN* first time watching

[@sammyingersoll8870]

This was Tom Hanks' favorite movie he was ever in. He got to spend the shoot with his family the whole time which meant a lot to him

[@georgezee5173]

I don't know why I had always thought he directed this movie... I just found out it's Penny Marshall's.

[@sammyingersoll8870]

@@georgezee5173 Both are legends in the industry. Marshall had a huge sports memorabilia collection. I believe ESPN did a story on it a dozen or so years ago.

[@timothymorris157]

⁠@@georgezee5173Penny Marshall also directed the 1988 hit movie Big with Tom Hanks!

[@KevyNova]

There’s a very short but powerful scene I wish you had included. It’s when the ball goes outside the fence and a black woman walking by picks it up and throws it practically across the field. No words are spoken but it hits home that while these white women were going through their own struggle to be accepted, black Americans were still much further behind. This movie takes place a few years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball.

[@pingidjit]

yes!!!!

[@jungbinsong9698]

What??? No, it was a horrible throw! She missed the cutoff!

[@rhiannonschaumburg564]

@@jungbinsong9698 it was my understanding of the scene that she purposefully threw it to someone further away in order to indicate the strength of her arm, in addition to her accuracy at a longer distance

[@brachiator1]

I agree with you about the short, powerful scene involving the black woman. I applaud the writers and director for including it. The sad truth is that while the women's baseball league included some light skinned Hispanics, black women were not acceptable at all. There were a few black women who played alongside men in the segregated Negro Leagues.

[@KevyNova]

@@rhiannonschaumburg564 that’s right.

[@asteven8]

A couple of years ago, I staffed a community Halloween event for work. All these kids came out in their costumes. There was one girl, maybe 11-12 years old, dressed like a Rockford Peach baseball player. I squealed with delight and gushed over her costume. Her mom said I made her day because she loves the movie and was a bit bummed that most people (at the event) didn't get her costume.

[@jonathanmartin8716]

That's awesome :)

[@eolsunder]

truth be told most people didn't even remember or know about the womens baseball league until this movie came out, so it hasn't really been a part of normal sports history. Thankfully this movie shined some light on the subject but anyone who hadn't seen the movie probably would have no clue at all about what the womens baseball uniforms would have looked like.

[@stevenscheitler7755]

That’s pretty awesome

[@LucianDevine]

Which number did she wear?

[@stephenjones4397]

Madonna's character was an amalgam of various real players, including Audrey Kissel, who taught the Sunday School I was in as a little kid. We found out about it when she said she was going to the Baseball Hall of Fame and we all thought she was just gonna go visit on vacation.

[@BobarissGish]

Madonna is awesome in this movie.

[@davidb3422]

Originally Debra Winger was going to play Dotty but dropped out after they cast Madonna. Then Geena Davis was hired.

[@stevenwoodward5923]

@@BobarissGish Madonna and I was born the same year, both turned 65. This movie was the first time I saw Madonna looking like a normal woman and not overly hollywood.

[@moeball740]

​@@stevenwoodward5923This was a good part for Madonna, I particularly liked the grittiness she gave Mae.

[@andersondb0]

@@BobarissGish Her opposite of Rosie is gold.

[@CorrectFossa]

The Film Community doesn’t talk enough about Penny Marshall’s Directorial work

[@russcarvertruthjedi259]

Definitely an extraordinary set of work.

[@joeb918]

My favourite of hers is Awakenings, such a great movie.

[@RobFMDetroit]

​@@joeb918Was gonna say, this and Awakenings are her two best

[@RonJomero]

​@@joeb918 I think that was the first movie I saw Robin Williams playing a serious dramatic role and he was superb.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Big is another good movie that she directed.

[@cruzuvalle9845]

“And how about Marla Hooch🧍🏽‍♀️….. what a hitter!”😂😂😂

[@mike90317]

😅😂😂😂

[@hectorsmommy1717]

Fun fact: Megan Cavanagh, who played Marla, did all her own hitting.

[@hopsonkim4952]

When my wife and I want to say someone is unattractive without talking crap about them in front of our son the go-to is either “what a hitter” or “I suggest a lot of night games.”

[@waldoman7]

​​@@hopsonkim4952he'll figure it out by age 5

[@scottski51]

And they picture her from 25 yards away! THAT ... was funny!!

[@daverowe03]

The scene with the girl who couldn't read to see if her name was on the list is so heartbreaking. I was sad it was cut from the KZbin edit. 😢

[@jeffkoenig7402]

Same. It also sets up the payoff of May teaching her to read using smut, which was included.

[@georgezee5173]

Yeah right? I was so waiting for Natalie's reaction on that specific scene only for it to be left out

[@ThrashyThrash]

That scene, Jimmy throwing the glove at the kid, and Jimmy Dugan giving the best baseball signature in history are all scenes I thought should have been left in.

[@markdenio4537]

The lady is John & Joan Cusack's sister Ann.

[@rawschri]

I'm a 6ft 4 inch ex-Rugby player from England, and this is one of my favourite films of all time. The piece in the Hall of Fame, when the grown " Stilwell " tells Dottie that he felt he had to be there for his mother who always said " those were the best days of my life ", reduces me to tears every time !! A young Tea Leoni also appears, as one of the Racine Belles ...

[@jsharp3165]

My MIL worked at a munitions factory right before WW2. She was a star ballplayer on her high school team and the factory poached her for their team before she even graduated, letting her work part time to make it legit. She was on the factory's baseball team when the war started but she married my FIL before he shipped out, got pregnant, and quit the ball team. But she kept making bullets for the rest of the war. Right before she died, she and I were alone watching the Women's College World Series. She suddenly started recounting all her baseball stories to me. "I hit a home run nearly every time I got to bat. I was good." I'm so glad we had that moment.

[@AnOldYoungGuy]

The ending sequence when they're all older never fails to turn me into a big mushy mess, especially when the kid tells her his mom passed away. Having lost my own mom, and remembering how she loved this movie, it really gets to me.

[@joemckim1183]

They cast the older gals perfectly to match the younger actresses. But I believe they dubbed Geena Davis' voice over her older version.

[@rickwelch8464]

For me it's when they start the song. "Batter up" and it's over for me.

[@lakeracer8453]

@@joemckim1183 I'm pretty sure many of those women at the reunion weren't actors. They were the actual players from the league. Mae, Doris and Marla included.

[@jsharp3165]

@@joemckim1183 Yes. They dubbed Geena over that actress. But boy did they look alike!

[@diandriasmith889]

Right? We skipped the Used to Be My Playground part 😭

[@TSIRKLAND]

31:13 - The casting of the older versions of the characters was SPOT. ON. Every one is so well-cast to resemble their younger selves, you can tell immediately. And of course the dialogue helps you to put the pieces together so well, too. If they had tried to do aging makeup on the original actresses, the magic would not have been nearly the same. I'm a makeup artist, and have tremendous respect for my fellow artists, but realistic age makeup is one of THE most difficult things we do, and with a cast that broad and the budget of this film, the makeups would not have had the chance to shine like they ought to, so casting older actresses was key. Height, build, hair color, face, attitude: all so perfect.

[@terminallumbago6465]

Many of them were the real-life players too.

[@jlilley73]

I was convinced that was Geena Davis in old age makeup 😅 Apparently Geena dubbed the lines.

[@Bedwyr7]

@@terminallumbago6465I assumed that the older analogs of the movie actors were cast and that the opposing team were the actual real players.

[@karlsmith2570]

16:12 "I Love Mae.Mae's Hilarious" Mae's played by Madonna Also, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell actually became friends while filming this movie, both having come similar backgrounds while growing up

[@leonniemandt6911]

Jon Lovitz is absolute comedy gold in this.

[@RobFMDetroit]

Best 15 minutes of his career 😂

[@williamrosmer8381]

he's that in basically any thing he's in

[@kenyonsgirl415]

Cow girls eating the grass, chickens on a leash, pickle tickle… classic!! He’s hilarious in basically everything I’ve seen him in 😅

[@Logan_Baron]

I think few other people could play such an ass, and us still loving him.

[@blueboy4244]

nnnnn..... jealous?

[@BarnabyJones21]

It might be strange, but IMO Geena Davis catching the ball barehanded at 8:39 and shifting into that "was that supposed to intimidate me?" stance is crazy hot.

[@DustinHakonson]

Sounds like something you should share with your therapist.

[@KevyNova]

Not strange at all.

[@EssEll9791]

Ikr?! She's so beautiful then add no nonsense badassery and oh my goddess! ❤❤❤

[@TheDrag0nSlayer]

lmao if you think a beautiful woman acting domineering and purposeful is attractive, and you think THAT's weird, then you have you work on your own personal insecurities. It's like, universally attractive to anyone who isn't a punk.

[@BarnabyJones21]

@@TheDrag0nSlayer Bro you alright? You're taking a KZbin comment too seriously.

[@BoredomInABody]

The Madonna realization at the credits killed me lmao

[@kristianberg4264]

Which is ridiculous as Madonna, Geena & Tom are the top three billing actors in the movie and on all posters.😮😊

[@moeball740]

Speaking of Madonna and the end credits, "This Used To Be My Playground" may be my favorite song of hers, it's so melancholy and against type for the kinds of songs she usually does. As I understand it, she also has writing credit on the song, so, well done, Madonna!

[@Edd25164605]

I was waiting for Natalie to yell 'Is that Madonna?'.😂

[@cliffmorton8990]

Does the line “you think there are men in this country who ain’t seen your breasts” make you laugh more now that you know that was Madona?

[@anthem47]

I never seen someone's irises do a doubletake before! They're like "name, character name, name, character name, NAME?!"

[@lou7139]

I really liked how Gina Davis was able to portray Dottie as just an effortless and chill badass. Nothing could really phase her and she had an amazing level of confidence.

[@MrSmithla]

Oh and remember the horrid bruise on the back of one of the ‘Peaches’ early in the season? Absolutely zero makeup or special effects. 100% genuine.

[@Clownboy15]

Yeah, my leg always twinges in sympathy pain when I see that scene!

[@waldoman7]

What? An accident?

[@shadowqueen99]

​@waldoman7 apparently they pretty much all did their own baseball plays and that actress did a slide which caused the bruise

[@WinByTKo]

😳

[@stephenkehl7158]

It took about a year for that bruise to heal.

[@HaroldMay369]

Marla's drunk singing was comedy.

[@DukeTheSPO0K]

I had the pleasure of taking care of one of the real ball players in my ER about 15 years ago. She was my patient 3 times over the course of a year and 3 times my doctors had told her family that she was going to die. The third time the daughter came up and asked me (an RN) if I really thought she was going to die this time. I knew the previous 2 times she had called in family from all over the country to say goodbye. I said "I don't know" and couldn't help but smile a little. We actually both laughed a little bit about it.

[@mannygee005]

never let them tell you it's time to die.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

Yes! One of the greatest baseball movies ever made, along side Field of Dreams! This film doesn’t get enough praise these days, it’s so good and based on true events and real people.

[@gastronomist]

Now all we need is to cross the two movies and have a female Field of Dreams!

[@jkhoover]

Major League and For The Love of the Game are my top two, way above Field of Dreams.

[@MetastaticMaladies]

@@jkhoover Major League is great too! I haven’t seen love of the game in a very long time, but I can’t say anything really stands out to me in that film. I just remember the dudes life just taking a nose dive lol

[@WinByTKo]

One cannot leave off Bull Durham from this list.

[@hjermsted22]

The short-lived A League of Their Own series [2022, Prime] was actually quite good and worth reacting to.

It was trash.

[@The_Dudester]

13:50 Before the internet, before TV (and when radio only worked two hours a day) people had time to learn how to play an instrument and/or dance really well. In the 1940's, there were a lot of excellent dancers. Learning an instrument was a side hustle.

[@WereMike]

Penny Marshall was a great director and really knew how to make good, solid, heart-warming films. This is one of my all-time favorite films. Especially all the cameos and easter eggs if you're an old TV buff...like the cameos from the actors from Laverne and Shirley (Carmine Ragusso for the serviceman dancing with Madonna, Squiggy as the radio announcer, etc.)

[@brettv5967]

David Landers, who played Squiggy, was a big-time baseball guy. He worked as a scout for the Angels and the Mariners.

[@Clownboy15]

@@brettv5967His ashes are also interred next to John Paragon, a comedic actor and writer best known for co-creating Elvira with Cassandra Petersen and for playing Jombi the Genie on Pee-Wee's Playhouse!

[@laudanum669]

@@brettv5967 I scrolled thru the comments to see if anyone would mention that Landers became a scout. Good job!

[@laudanum669]

And Penny's brother Garry who played her father in Laverne and Shirley plays Walter Harvey in this movie.

[@Clownboy15]

@@laudanum669 admittedly I found it creepy that he and his sister played husband and wife in Hocus Pocus.

[@amyscheys1439]

That super gnarly bruise they showed was a real injury the actress got while filming.

[@GaunteroDimmm]

8:39 I always liked this little detail: Dottie, a veteran catcher didn’t even blink and caught the ball barehanded. Marla, a seasoned position player and hitter, went glove ready and reacted like a typical baseballer would. And Kit, being a rookie pitcher whose job on the mound does not include much fielding, do what most pitchers did and duck out of the way!

[@toddeeee]

That's such a good detail

[@cncs2806]

Nice catch! (pun intended)

[@that.ll_do_pig]

Oh! Great detail I never noticed.

[@iannoelcamilotes1003]

Some of it Filmed at the beloved Wrigley Field of the legendary Chicago Cubs.

[@djlow9915]

No crying in baseball, but plenty of crying in this Natalie reaction 😭😭😭

[@LucianDevine]

Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pig shit, and that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan, to see me play the game, and did I cry?

[@sammylane21]

The Betty Spaghetti scene is always a great heart crusher scene that slowly sneaks up on you.

[@Perfect_Argument]

This is the first time I ever caught that Betty was showing something of her husband's ( I think it was a baseball card) to someone and said something along the lines of "Be careful. George will come all the way home Europe and kill me if something happens to that." Noticing that scene made the later scene hit even harder.

[@this.is.a.username]

@@Perfect_Argumentit was a baseball card of Tom Hank's character.. she wanted him to sign it for George, he tore it up and threw it away.

[@donaldball3245]

The girl that played Betty Spaghetti is Traci Reiner, director Penny Marshall's daughter.

[@sophnoch4929]

Tom Hanks is legendary. Love Geena Davis! Love sport movies that also incorporate a lot of history. It brings to light what people were going through at the time. Thank you for this one. It is in my top 10 for sports movies

[@micheletrainor1601]

Tom Hanks said that this was the most fun he ever had filming a movie as he got to eat what he wanted,drink beer and play baseball in a small town all summer with a wonderful team of people. Such a underrated movie one of my favourites.

[@r.j.h.l2031]

I have the privelege of living about 5 miiles away for League Stadium, which was host to the home field for the Peaches. It's neat to every year visit the nostalgia of this film. They have kept it virtually the exact same for fans of the film that want to come and visit.

[@Raven9940]

I've always felt Madonna's performance in this is highly underrated. I feel this is her second best performance after Dick Tracy.

[@ShawnLevasseur]

I agree with the first part.

[@elliebelliewatermellie155]

I love little Rosie and Madonna in this So crazy seeing them in their prime

[@Tiek-bl8ej]

A lot of the baseball scenes were shot at Bosse Field in Evansville,Indiana. A field that is still utilized.

[@noahbrown6970]

One of my favourite throwaway lines in all of cinema - "Well if you're in the area, and you must be in the area, this isn't a very powerful radio station" 😂😂😂 so dumb and so real, but gets me every time 😂😂😂

[@kitkompo]

Dottie caught that ball, throne by Doris, because it wasn’t as fast as Kit throws. Kit dove because she’s a pitcher, and Martha is an all around player and is always ready for a line drive. such a tiny and perfect detail in this perfect movie. ❤

[@BeckyLStoutWriter]

I'll recommend a great Tom Hanks movie that not enough people react to - That Thing You Do! And it has music! Yay! 😄

[@hashtagPoundsign]

I would also recommend it and I recommend the special edition or extended edition.

[@motorcycleboy9000]

Is that the crazy but true story of Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters?

[@gregsteele806]

@@motorcycleboy9000I wonder what happened to the Oneders?

[@karenwinston8911]

100% that is my favorite Tom Hanks film. I adore Steve Zahn, and Lenny just eats up every scene he's in. "Give me a pen, I'm signing, you're signing, we're all signing."

[@chriswolfe5417]

GREAT movie!

[@Jay-ate-a-bug]

I actually was thinking to myself "Does Nat even realize that is Madonna?" during the Swing Dancing Comment. It felt so good to see her realize it during the credits.

[@mexi72]

Back in Madonna's and less angry Rosie O'Donnell's acting days. There's No Crying In Baseball. Iconic line just like You're Killing Me Smalls

[@donaldball3245]

Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell became BFFs while making this movie.

[@crconway7926]

You mean back when Rosie was still funny and Madonna still looked like an Earthling. 😉

[@badhabitbabbitt7655]

Sooo not sure if you've ever watched Laverne & Shirley spin-off of Happy Days TV show. Penny Marshal directed this movie and her daughter played Betty Spaghetti. Her brother Gary Marshal was Mr Harvey who produced Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. The game announcer is the late David Lander who was also a mainstay of Laverne & Shirley. Wonderful group that I was fortunate to met before their passing RIP Gary, Penny, and David!!! The girl that couldn't read is Ann Cusack another acting sister of John and Joan Cusack.

[@johncampbell756]

Penny Marshall is the director. Her brother Garry Marshall plays the owner. Her daughter plays Betty. They stated Dottie didn't lose intentionally by dropping the ball. As you said, she was tired and feeling falling down the stairs catching the ball in the dugout. Apparently, most of the actresses enjoyed staying in the house they filmed in out in nowhere, bonding. Madonna, not so much. Madonna's closing song, "This Used to be My Playground," is one of my favorites by her. This is a great film.

[@tlt-ell1193]

Her niece & nephew (Garry's kids) are also in it. Scott Marshall is the kid who gives Dottie a ride to the Suds Bucket. Kathleen Marshall is one of the background Peaches (she's standing next to Jimmy on the dugout steps when he beans Stillwell with a glove).

[@johncampbell756]

@@tlt-ell1193 Cool. Thanks.

[@BigJohnLXV]

Natalie's reaction to realizing May was Madonna was _GOLD!_ people often wonder if Dottie dropped the ball intentionally, but that's not really the point. she didn't just hand Kit a victory, which would've soured it; she made her earn it, so she could be proud of it, and finally become her own person

[@dx0887]

eh... lol Nah, still dumb to me after all these years.

[@rainbowinbeigeboots6190]

love this movie I also love the A League of Their Own series (2022) it’s not a sequel or reboot but it references this movie, and the story is more layered and deeper

[@karlsmith2570]

3:13 "How Would We Need To Figure Out How To Keep Baseball Going With The Men In The Army?" Well, the movie was set during WWII, and a lot of the male professional Baseball players were actually serving our country, so they'd come up with a women's Baseball league(hence the title "A League Of Our Own")

[@pedroV2003]

Nice reaction Natalie. My daughter was a ball player and played all the way thru college. This is one of 'our movies'. Something we watch together many many times so I have a very sentimental place in my heart for this one.

[@MegaForrestgump]

This movie is a true classic. It has everything from comedy to tragedy to suspense. It's just like baseball. And I have seen that wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. That entire city is amazing and such a small town, as well. Worth a visit. Just don't go in the middle of summer. Oh, and one of my favorite Geena Davis movies is The Long Kiss Goodnight.

[@duanevp]

Long Kiss Goodnight is awesome!

[@ShawnLevasseur]

Agreed. To let people how badass she is in that film, I let them know that Samuel L. Jackson was the comedic sidekick!

[@seansteyer8851]

I went to Montana State University, and everybody there would take the Social Dance Class, so at the bars, everybody knew how to really dance, and it was amazing! If a polka broke out, you better be near a partner because the dance floor would be filled! So much fun!

[@gomatgo]

Marla Hooch is a baseball legend.

[@twite5462]

Right up there with Pablo Sanchez

[@BjoernarEricSven]

This is one of my all-time favourites. I've watched it countless times, and it still manages to make me cry.

[@samfisher6606]

This is one of my top ten fav orite movies. It's so good!!!!

[@patgrant8984]

This movie still makes me tear up in 2 places. Once when Dottie drops the ball and you hear the announcer say “Hinson Dropped the ball!” And then Kit is excited jumping up at the crowd yelling “thank you”! And when you realize how many people have passed at the HOF 🥹

[@treadstone1138]

I can't believe you skipped over all the Stilwell scenes. The one where he's an adult talking about his mom is so touching. :-(

[@jonathanmartin8716]

And at the end when she meets the grown up him :)

[@sumelar]

She didn't skip anything. She can't put the entire movie on youtube.

[@treadstone1138]

@@jonathanmartin8716 yeah that scene is so good.

[@treadstone1138]

@@sumelar yeah I know. I'm referring to her edit obviously.

[@HSR107]

Baseball is the best sport to make movies around. Edit: and thank you for correcting yourself regarding the final play at home. It almost makes your dislike of the game tolerable. almost. *evil sideways glare*

[@RobFMDetroit]

This movie is so quotable. Amazing screenplay.

[@Perfect_Argument]

I'm always taken aback when Natalie is unfamiliar with a movie or performer that seems so iconic to me because of its impact on my youth. Not that it's wrong for her to have different cultural touchstones - it's just that I tend to forget that she is much younger than me and being reminded makes me feel like an old lady 😆

[@rafm3068]

Madonna was a heartthrob in this movie! Great classic film!

[@adamskeans2515]

"You think there's men in this country that haven't seen your bosoms?"

[@kitkompo]

omg, this is one of my favorite movies of all time! Penny Marshall movies are so overlooked.

[@ejtappan1802]

I grew up in Rockford, Illinois (home of the Peaches) but I didn't know a thing about them until this movie came out. It's an amazing story and I'm so glad it got told.

[@Buzzsawbrian1985]

Just found your channel about 4 days ago and i cant stop watching. Every reaction is pure gold. You can tell you love watching movies. Everyone says i like movies but you can tell the people that really get into the film they are watching. Cant wait to watch Everyone of your videos. ❤

[@JigInsane]

Loved this movie and was surprised by the acting of some of the cast.

[@LiirThropp2687]

I love how Dottie and Kit immediately stood up for Marla. They were already acting like a team supporting each other. Great moment.

[@newman716ET]

This movie is one of my top 10 of all time. God, it’s so freaking good! So glad you finally saw it!

[@rebeccawhite2155]

One of my favorite alumni from my university played! She wasn't in the earliest seasons but she would leave school early for spring training. Right before the pandemic we unveiled an archive collection of her things at our library during homecoming. We lost her during covid. I think of her every time I watch this movie.

[@ericstarkey551]

The train station used in this movie is in a train museum in Lincoln illinois, I actually got to visit it during a civil war re enactment I participated in. You can even ride the older trains there.

[@AnOldYoungGuy]

Several members of my National Guard unit in southern Illinois were used as extras in a scene that ended up being cut from the movie. Many of the game scenes were filmed in Evansville, Indiana, close to where we were stationed.

[@ellenb2498]

Love this movie, such sweet sadness, and sad sweetness. So many amazing performances. Thanks for your reaction! Oh, and I'm an upstate New Yorker!

[@KlingonCaptain]

Good to see you celebrating Baseball season!

[@lux279]

What a wonderful surprise!! I love your channel and I adore this movie!! What an incredible combination!

[@tkaki6029]

Yes!!!! One of my all time favorites. PLEASE watch Field of Dreams next!!!

[@noeticparadigm1576]

I watched this all the time as a young boy. When I was 11, I went to an auction and the only thing I wanted was a framed and autographed League of Their Own poster and audio disc. My uncle made sure I didn't lose. Watching it again as an adult hit SO different and was even better than I remembered. Easily one of the greatest films of all time.

[@StardustandMadness]

This is one of my all-time favourite movies. I hope you loved it!

[@nickwilliams3050]

i have very fond memories of this movie. watched it with my momma when i was young. this movie is amazing.

[@fusiliers]

I am not a baseball fan, but my three favorite sports movies are "A League Of Their Own", "Eight Men Out", and "The Bad News Bears" (the original 1976 version.

[@MegaForrestgump]

What about Major League?

[@fusiliers]

@@MegaForrestgump Definitely not.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Thank you for specifying the original BNB. And Major League is a great baseball comedy

[@JasonON]

I love this movie. Glad to see someone reacting to it.

[@PLF...]

One of those gems of a movie that few people rave about, yet it's impossible to not watch it if you catch it on TV somewhere. Such a good time - same tier as Major League and Mighty Ducks, and that's saying something.

[@timcarder2170]

Lmao Every time You say, "To Be Fair", the whole schtick from the series *Letterkenny* pops into my head.😊 Sometimes I even say it out loud 😁😁😁

[@darharharhar1484]

This was a damn good movie. I'm glad you got to watch it finally.

[@miamivicefanatic9736]

"This Used to be My Playground", the main theme song of this film, was recorded by Madonna. It's such a poignant and beautiful song that goes perfectly with this movie.

[@jaredwatson76]

90% of the signs coached give mean nothing. They’ll either have their team focus on say the 3rd or 4th sign, or use an indicator like “the next thing I do after I touch my left ear lobe is what I actually want you to do.”

[@gastronomist]

That's quite a coincidence because for 90% of a baseball game, no one is doing anything.

[@tracy4290]

I've always wondered why the other team's coaches don't learn the opponents' signs! This makes so much sense! TY!

[@bitznpiecez9747]

That no crying in baseball bit is iconic. As someone who played through college baseball, it's used all the time on a baseball field. Some base all movies I recommend are, for the love of the game, 61*, major league is classic… just to name a few.

[@johnniekight1879]

The older versions are the actual Peaches. Tom Hanks character was actual HOFer Jimmy Foxx but his family wouldn't let them use his name.

[@ShawnLevasseur]

I think the exception was Gena Davis' older stand-in. She was such a perfect projection of what Gena would look like much older, I was amazed to learn it wasn't Gena in makeup, they just had her ADR her lines.

[@donbergeson6771]

I grew up in Rockford, IL (sadly, I have also returned). It's about 1.5 hours west of Chicago. The field the Peaches played on is still there. It either is being or has been restored and upgraded.

[@rdgarza1113]

Just in time for baseball season, this is one of the absolute best sports movies ever!

[@thomashiggins9320]

What a fun, fun film this was. I didn't know anything about this period of American history, either. And Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell stole every scene they were in. I was amazed at how well they did.

[@ManicReactions]

Thanks for the great reaction!! It was a tear jerker for me too when I first saw it, but, then, I’m a movie blubberer. The late Penny Marahall directed the film. My favorite films she directed include Big (1988) and Awakenings (1990). Big is another classic Tom Hanks movie and Awakenings is one of Robin Williams’s finest roles ever. Needless to say, both should earn a reaction.

[@karlsmith2570]

Hey Natalie, here's a few Fun Facts for you: Penny Marshall, the director of this movie, was a huge Baseball fan and the actress who played the character referred to as "Betty Spaghetti" was Penny Marshall's daughter. The injuries you'd see some of these actresses having in the movie weren't makeup effects, They're actual injuries. Penny Marshall's brother, Garry Marshall, also appears in this movie. The actresses who played the older Kit and Dottie, their dialogue was replaced by Geena Davis' and Lori Petty's voices to indicate that they were the older versions of the characters played by Davis and Petty

[@LucianDevine]

Whether or not Dottie dropped that ball on purpose is a question that people still ask and discuss to this day. The only people that know, I believe, are the writers, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, the director Penny Marshall, and the actress Geena Davis. The first three have never answered as far as I know, and Geena Davis has said that she will never, , ever answer it. I will go to the grave believing that Dottie did not drop the ball on purpose, because it's not just about her and Kit. Dottie has an entire team to think about, and she told the pitcher about the high fastballs. Furthermore, while she was charged earlier in the movie by a bigger girl with less time to secure the ball, but still maintained control, Kit was coming in with a LOT of adrenaline and a full head of steam. Dottie can not drop the ball on purpose and still be happy for her sister as she stands by Jimmy and watches her celebrate.

[@PjRjHj]

As a child I thought Dottie dropped it on purpose. As an adult, I don't believe she did at all.

[@LucianDevine]

@@PjRjHj I can't deny that there is an arguement to be made for her dropping it on purpose, a VERY good arguement, but Dottie never went easy on her sister, not once. I just find it hard to believe that she would have chosen THAT moment to do it.

[@kennak8316]

I would've never expected you to watch this movie and im so happy you did! This is like my all time fav movie and im so glad you liked it!!!!

[@NathanGrisham]

Marla's dad was also Johnathan Kent in the 90's Superman show

[@johnberg9497]

He was also in Sneakers

[@Madbandit77]

​@@johnberg9497The late Eddie Jones.

[@nathanjacobus3577]

I read somewhere that they actually did hold an authentic training camp for all the actresses. And while the lead actresses were obviously set. The extras all had to earn their spots on the various teams based on their performance at camp.

[@francisalbert1799]

This was an important role for Tom Hanks at this point in his career. Everything turned around for him after this.

[@AVGuyhall]

Great movie, thanks for reacting to it. I live in Evansville, Indiana where much of this was filmed. Bosse Field was used for Racine's ballpark and is the third oldest ballpark still in use behind Fenway and Wrigley. They put out a call for extras for the championship game scene so I took my son and one of his friends and we spent the day being a part of it. They kept the Racine Bells signs and other things from the movie so it's a great reminder when you go to watch a baseball game. Madonna didn't make any local friends when she said some very negative things about the area.

[@jamestate5059]

Lynn Swann, hall of fame wide receiver from the Pittsburgh Steelers was also in ballerina classes

[@shawnmiller4781]

I want to say Walter Payton did as well

[@Dunybrook]

Everybody should know about this movie if only for the history of what really happened. Great reaction.

[@axr7149]

Speaking of movies about sisters, I think MARVIN'S ROOM (1996) is a perfect fit for you. Stars Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep as sisters who reconnect after being estranged for years. It also has Robert De Niro (who produced the film) in a cameo appearance and Leonardo DiCaprio (in one of his pre-TITANIC roles) playing Meryl Streep's son in the movie.

[@joemckim1183]

If you want to see a really good young Leo film then you should see This Boy's Life with him, De Niro and Ellen Barkin.

[@zandylovesrisk]

@15:35 In baseball, the managers and 3rd base coach will use different signs to communicate what they want the batter to do. Basically a secret code discussed prior to game time. In like a sequence of let's say 6 hand signs, the batters will always do the 2nd to last one could be a code for a game or series. Also to note, at the beginning in the first game the girl's were pitching underhanded like softball. Once they joined the league, they are pitching overhand.

[@DavetheGrue]

"I think the real crime is they didn't have appropriate sports bras" was comedy Gold (see what I did there?) considering what was coming with the skirts.

[@RowdiesFan1]

I absolutely adore this movie. Such an incredible film!

[@martinbraun1211]

I suggest the Tom Hanks movie "The Money Pit" (1986).

[@MegaForrestgump]

Oh, absolutely! Such a great comedy.

[@DaphneQueen]

This is great timing! I just watched this movie for the first time yesterday lol. Thanks for the reaction!!

[@G3rnsback]

Field of Dreams would be a nice continuation of the baseball theme.

[@HSR107]

seconded

[@goodeyebrian3598]

Yes, please react to Field of Dreams.

[@russcarvertruthjedi259]

I prefer for love of the game, Field of dreams was a good movie, but it literally has nothing to do with the book it was based upon.

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Bull Durham

[@twite5462]

Either that, major league or 42