l"m so happy! Thank you.
l love you.
l"ll be back next season.
See you next season!
Slide! Slide!
Safe!
Thank you!
Let it up. Let it up.
That was a good one.
lt"s a fly ball to left!
Betty Spaghetti makes the catch!
Heads up! Spaghetti makes the throw! lt"s gonna be close!
Aunt Edna"s bridgework! She is out!
Dottie Hinson held onto the ball!
Oh, doctor!
A lot of ballplayers use it.
High foul pop.
lt"s coming back!
She caught it! Unbelievable!
Full house on its feet cheering Dottie Hinson!
That sounded good.
-You haven"t got a curve ball left. -l don"t?!
You haven"t had one since--
Safe!
He"s good-looking.
-What"s he do when not in the Army? -Dairy assistant manager.
He"ll be manager. He"s smart.
So he"s good-looking and smart.
There"s so few of us.
Where did you say he was? ltaly?
l think. l haven"t got a letter from him in three weeks.
l used to get one every week.
That doesn"t mean anything.
lf he"s in combat, it"s not like there"s a mailbox on every corner.
lf something happened, you would"ve got a telegram.
Oh, God, don"t--
But he"s fine. No, he"s fine.
How come you"re not in the Army?
l have no cartilage...
...in my knee.
You don"t need it to shoot Nazis.
You need this, right? Trigger finger. l could do that.
How did l get so useless so fast?
Boys like this on your fingers?
Works for me.
Your sister"s not gonna be mad?
l don"t care.
Listen, when...
-Bob. -...Bob comes back...
...will you keep playing?
You could just quit?
Sure.
You play like you love it.
-Does he know how good you are? -Bob?
No, Hitler. Yes, Bob.
How good am l?
You stink.
You"re lousy.
You"re only the best player in the league. You don"t know that?
You ever been married?
Let me think. Yeah, twice.
Any children?
One of them was.
ls she out?
l think it"s time for a drink.
Hang on. Hang on.
These really don"t mix.
-Good, huh? -Oh, yeah. It"s great.
Fair ball!
Time!
Jimmy Dugan pops his head out of the dugout.
He"s on his way to talk to his hurler.
Kit Keller looks mighty tired.
Game"s getting exciting.
l"ll finish it right here.
l"ll strike this turkey out.
Betty"s ready to come in.
Come on. l"ve never been taken out before.
Ask Dottie.
l really wanna finish this game.
Please?
What do you think?
Well, you know, she"s battling.
What do you think?
She"s throwing grapefruits.
lt looks like Keller"s coming out of the game, and she is not happy about it!
Nice job, Kit!
Betty Horn sprints in from the left-field bullpen.
Look at this crowd. This is great! They"re jumping, cheering...
...and they paid to get in.
You did a fabulous job. l won"t forget this.
Thank you very much, Mr. Harvey. l appreciate it, coming from you.
But to be perfectly honest, l think the girls deserve most of the credit.
They"re great.
Fortunately, we won"t need them anymore. Do you want a peanut?
No. What do you mean?
What do l mean?
We"re winning the war. Our situation changed.
Roosevelt himself said, "" Men"s baseball won"t be shut down.""
So we won"t need the girls next year.
Bases loaded. Bottom of the 9th. Rockford up, 6 to 2. Two men out.
No balls, 2 strikes.
Strike 3!
And that is the ball game! Rockford is in the playoffs!
l love these girls. l don"t need them, but l love them.
Come on. Let"s go.
Look at me. l"m full of peanuts!
l"ve got peanuts all over myself.
This is what it"s gonna be like in the factories too.
"" Men are back. Turn in your rivets.""
First, it was their patriotic duty to get out and go to work.
When the men come back, they"re sent back to the kitchen.
Should we send the boys returning from war back to the kitchen? Come on.
Do you know how dedicated they are? What they go through?
They play with sprained ankles, broken fingers.
They ride a bus all night to play a double-header the next day!
l"ll make it up to them.
What? With Harvey Bars?
l"m getting tired of listening to you, lra.
l"d like your permission to take over the league.
Do you understand? All of the owners are getting out.
There"s no point to it anymore.
Just let them finish the season, and that"s it!
l sold your product when there was no product. This is a product!
There is no room for girls" baseball in this country...
...once the war is over.
They"re through.
l think you"re wrong.
And l"m gonna prove it to you, Mr. Harvey!
Hi, my name"s Mae. That"s more than a name, that"s an attitude.
Here"s my friend Doris. Best player on the team.
-Thank you. -You"re the best.
-The game put us in the playoffs. -l could"ve finished.
Stilwell could"ve hit off you.
What"s the matter? Too big to finish your own games now?
Don"t start with me, Kit!
Don"t you start with me!
Kit, come on, cut it out!
What the hell are you doing?!
-Get your sister off of her! -Stay out of it!
You just wait, Doris!
Let me down!
You stay down there and you cool off!
-Why"d she do it? -She was vulnerable. You provoked her.
-Shut up, Helen! -You"re making her more upset.
Really!
-l don"t need it from Helen. -Take a shower.
-l"m not taking a shower. -She reminds me of my husband.
Save some hot water for me, you guys.
You okay?
My rear end hurts where he dropped me.
You acted like a baby.
You treat me like one.
l treated you like a pitcher who"d lost her stuff.
When Betty"s in trouble, you back her up every pitch!
l seem to remember last week, somebody throwing a resin bag in my face.
Told me to get my fat ass behind the plate. Was that you or the umpire?
You could"ve backed me up today...
...instead of holding me back.
l hold you back?
lt"s like at home.
lt"s like if you"re here, then l"m not here.
What"s that mean?
l don"t know what l mean. l know l"m wrong.
l know you"re right and l"m wrong. l know that. l just--
l just get so mad!
Why do you gotta be so good?
Dottie, here you are. You weren"t on the bus.
Can l speak to you a minute?
l have to leave.
Don"t worry. The bus wouldn"t leave without you.
l"m leaving the team.
What?
-Why? What-- -l have to go home.
Home? You can"t go home now.
This couldn"t come at a worse time.
We"re in a bit of a crisis, and l have to try to pull something off.
lt"s not a good time to lose our most popular player.
-What"s the problem? -l don"t want to talk about it.
lt"s personal?
lt"s one of the girls, isn"t it?
lt"s Mae, right?
Kit, that"s it. l"ve noticed there"s some friction.
That"s fine. No problem. Doesn"t mean you have to quit.
l can arrange a trade.
Racine? Kenosha? South Bend?
Trade me or whatever.
But figure it out by tomorrow, or l"m going home.
Tomorrow? Fine! l"ll work everything out by tomorrow.
You really gave me a scare for a second.
Does anybody have any extra hose?
Mae, your date"s here.
-How do l look? -Where"d you get that dress?
-Borrowed it. -lt don"t fit. Too tight.
l don"t plan on wearing it that long.
l don"t know why you get dressed at all.
Where"s Dottie?
ln there.
Wanna go to the movies with me?
You bitch!
l"ve been traded to Racine!
You?
l told them to trade me.
They"d really trade you. Miss Star, Miss Perfect.
You knew what would happen!
-l didn"t! -This"ll be better than the movies.
-l"ll quit. ls that what you want? -They"ll blame me for you quitting!
What do you want me to do?
Stay away from me. Leave me alone! That"s what l want you to do!
Kit, listen.
lt was all a mistake. A big mistake.
-l was getting too good. -You won"t listen.
l knew if l did too good, you"d do something to push me down!
Kit, blow it out your rear end!
l"m sick of you blaming me.
l got you into this league!
She got her in the league!
-l didn"t wanna be here! -Then why are you still here?
Kit wants to know why she"s playing.
My train leaves at 8. l got 1 0 minutes to pack.
lf you have trouble, you know who to blame.
See you in the World Series.
You bet you will.
Don"t look at her.
Has anyone seen my new red hat?
Piss on your hat!
Well, that seemed uncalled for.
Just keep it down.
-Kit"s off our team. -She"s not!
Yes, she is. Are you deaf?
You need any help in there?
Don"t act like this.
You"re still in the league.
You"re just on another team, that"s all.
Batter up
Hear that call
The time has come
For one and all
To play
Ball
For we"re the members of
The All-American League We come from cities
Near and far
We got Canadians
Irish ones and Swedes
We"re all for one, we"re one for all We"re All-Americans
Each girl stands Her head so proudly high
Her motto.: Do or Die
She"s not the one to use Or need an alibi
Our chaperones are not too soft They"re not too tough
Our managers are on the ball
Miss Cuthbert....
You gorgeous stack of pancakes!
Man on the floor!
Already dressed.
Get Stilwell away. l don"t know what he"s doing.
Get him away from the tapes!
Angel, come here now.
All right.
Everybody, let"s listen up.
l was in the toilet reading my contract, and it turns out l get a bonus...
...when we get to the World Series.
Let"s play hard! Play smart! Use your heads!
That"s that lump three feet above our ass, right?
Some more prominent than others.
Come in.
Excuse me!
l got a telegram from the War Department.
Oh, my God! Ernie!
Boy, l hate these. These are the worst.
The Army could at least send someone to tell you your husband"s dead.
Darn! l had the name right here!
l gotta go back and straighten this out.
Sorry.
-Just give me the telegram. -l can"t. l don"t have a name.
Just give me the telegram.
This is official. This is from the War Department!
Come on!
That"s official business!
l"m coming--
-l"m sorry, Betty. -No, it"s George!
lt"s George!
All right, come on.
We still got a game to play.
Come in.
Hi, cutie.
How did you...?
Bob! Oh, my God!
What happened?
-l"m fine. -What is it?
lt was a sniper.
l was lucky though.
He got seven of us before we got him.
Oh, sweetie!
lt"s all right. l made it.
l missed you so much.
l"ve been discharged.
l didn"t think l"d ever see you again.
lt"s all over. l"m here, baby.
Well, listen.
You have to sit down here.
l"ll clear all this stuff off.
l almost forgot how beautiful you are.
-Oh, no. l look terrible! -You look beautiful.
You"re the most beautiful thing l"ve ever seen.
l love you.
Can we just hold each other for the rest of our lives?
That"s my plan.
Why am l the only one on this bus? What are we waiting for?
Are you physically unable to show up on time?
Coming, Jimmy.
lf you think you can do without the batting practice, think again.
Not the way you hit.
Let"s not go to the World Series without Stilwell"s toys!
-Alice, what time is it where you live? -lt"s bad luck to yell before a game.
-Could you sign my baseball? -Sure.
""Avoid the clap. Jimmy Dugan.""
That"s good advice!
Write to us. We"ll miss you.
We will. Thanks.
Good luck in the World Series.
Taking a little day trip?
Bob and l are...
...driving home...
...to Oregon.
l thought you were a ballplayer.
You were wrong.
Was l?
lt is only a game.
lt"s only a game, and l don"t need this.
l have Bob. l don"t need this.
l gave away five years at the end of my career to drinking.
Five years.
There isn"t anything l wouldn"t give to get back any one day of it.
Well, we"re different.
Chickenshit! You wanna go home and make 1 00 babies, great.
l can"t tell anyone how to live.
But sneaking out like this, quitting....
You"ll regret it all your life.
Baseball is what gets inside you.
lt"s what lights you up. You can"t deny that.
lt just got too hard.
lt"s supposed to be hard.
lf it wasn"t hard, everyone would do it.
The hard is what makes it great.
Everything all right?
Yeah, fine. Fine.
Bye, Jimmy.
First game of the first women"s baseball World Series.
This is history in the making. History in the making!
This is for you.
We brought you these also.
For me?
Thank them!
-Cut it out! -l"m sorry.
Two box seats on the 3rd base line.
l got two box seats. Who wants them?
-How much? -1 0 bucks.
That"s my daughter, 3rd baseman, Doris Murphy. Best one they got.
-Where you from? -Staten lsland.
After the game, l"m taking her out for a steak dinner.
All right, all right, all right!
Time for the song and dance.
What"s that smell?
Alice thinks it"s bad luck to change her socks.
So we all suffer? Get away, get away.
Outfielders, play deep a few steps. Don"t give up anything long. Alice?
lf the lead-off hitter gets on, they"re gonna bunt. Be ready.
Now, l"d like to....
l"d like to lead you in prayer.
-Come on. -A prayer?
Come on.
Yes, a little prayer. Come on! Come on!
ln the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost....
Lord...
...hallowed be Thy name.
May our feet be swift.
May our bats be mighty.
May our balls...
...be plentiful.
And, Lord...
...l"d just like to thank you for that waitress in South Bend.
You know who she is. She kept calling Your name.
And, God...
...these are good girls, and they work hard.
Help them see it all the way through. Okay, that"s it.
-Let"s go. -Amen.
Go...
...Peaches!
Last game. Now or never, ladies.
Alice, you"re killing me. You"re killing me, Alice!
You"re goddamn killing me!
And the rocket"s red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
Oh, say does that star-spangled
Banner yet wave
O"er the land of the free
And the home of the brave
This is it, folks. One game for the whole ball of string.
There is no tomorrow.
Someone will walk out league champions, and someone else will just walk out.
You"re gonna lose!
You keep that kid away from me for just one game!
Ellen Sue, how"s it looking?
-Good. -Feeling good? Looking good!
Nice and warm?
Good. Alice, if Ellen Sue doesn"t have anything, don"t keep it a secret.
Tell me right away.
You understand me?
Do you hear me?!
You"re screaming. l hear you.
Where"d you come from?
We got to Yellowstone and turned back.
Have trouble with the bears, did you?
l was fine until that scout walked into our barn. l"m no quitter.
Wait a minute! Hold it! Who said you could play?
Alice has been catching the last six games.
She looks pretty good.
You don"t want me to play?
Well, you"re already dressed.
Hell, if you want to play...
...l don"t care.
You can play.
Well, then, l"ll play.
Good.
-Fine. -Fine. Go play.
You look like shit. Don"t you ever shave?
We"re gonna win.
We"re gonna win!
You"re gonna lose!
You stink!
Got him!
Lineup change!
-lt"s okay. -Evelyn, he deserved it.
Stilwell, you gonna stay out here or come in the dugout?
Strike!
You"re out!
3!
Strike!
You"re out!
You"re out, Brenda! You are out!
Go! Go! Go!
Good, Mae! Good catch! Thank goodness.
2 down! 2 down!
Base hit. Gardner"s up with it.
Wallace"ll stop at 3rd.
Gardner"s throw is way off line!
Go! Go! All the way!
l"m sorry! Shoot!
Wallace scampers home, and the Belles take the lead, 1 to nothing!
They"re dancing in the aisles here in Racine!
l know. l know.
You"re still missing the cutoff man.
That"s something l would like you to work on...
...before next season.
All right. Thanks.
Thank you, Mr. Dugan.
All right, let"s get this one!
All right, come on! We need some runs out there.
Make something happen, Mae!
All-the-Way Mae!
-They love her. -Let"s go, let"s go!
ery cute. Thanks.
Safe!
She"s safe!
Way to play! Way to run! Way to make something happen!
Safe!
You get a hit, l"ll baby-sit that little porker! Come on!
You"re out!
Come on! Bring me home, Helen!
Out!
Peaches are down to their final out.
Only tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position.
Big Dottie Hinson striding to the plate.
Let"s get out of this inning! Come on!
Throw smoke, Kit! Throw smoke!
Here"s the pitch.
Bite me on the butt and call me an apple!
She nearly took her head off!
Mordabito scores!
Murphy, she will score!
Rockford has taken the lead, 2 to 1 !
That"s my wife!
One more!
Keep it going!
Put it past the little queen here.
Right past her!
There"s a fly ball to left field.
She"ll have to go for this one!
That"s the final out.
But the damage has been done.
Right here in Racine, Rockford leads our Belles, 2 to 1 ...
...as we go to the bottom of the 9th.
Come on, it"s okay. You gotta bat now. Relax!
One run and we are back in this ball game.
Shake it off. You gotta hit.
lt"s okay, Kit.
Strike her out!
Bad eye! Bat at that, blond girl!
She drives it to deep centre!
Mordabito goes to the wall...
...and makes the catch!
Beautiful catch!
Beautiful!
Gotlander"s pitch...
...and it is in the dirt! Ball 1 !
That looked good to me, Ellen Sue!
Shake that one off!
That ain"t nothing!
Gotlander, she delivers.
lt"s a ground ball between 1 st and 2nd.
This ball is hot!
Hendricks will go up at 1 st with a base hit.
That"s all right. 1 down! We got 1 down! Let"s go!
Foul ball! Hinson"s taking after it.
That does it!
Did she get it?
She got it! She got it!
There"s no question who the star of this game is.
Dottie Hinson has her team 1 out from the title.
Come on, Kit, you"re up. You"re the hitter now. Let"s go.
The last batter standing in Rockford"s way is Kit Keller.
Kit is 1 for 3 today.
-Can l have time-out? -Time!
High fastballs. She can"t hit them, can"t lay off them.
All right.
All right, if we just hold them now, we got it! Come on!
Come on, Ellen Sue!
One, two, three!
Play ball!
-Strike! -Swing and a miss.
Strike 1 !
Yes! Thank you, God!
Lay off the high ones!
Here"s the pitch.
Swing and a miss! Strike 2!
One more! One more!
Here"s the pitch.
lt is a long fly ball. Back, back, back.
lt falls in there!
No one"ll get to this ball!
This should tie it up! Hendricks is rounding 3rd!
She will...
...score!
Keller to 3rd!
Gardner hits the relay man with a frozen rope!
The coach is giving Keller the stop sign at 3rd! But she is not stopping!
She runs through the stop sign!
She is not stopping!
Here comes the throw!
lt should be in time!
Safe!
She is safe! l can"t believe it!
Hinson dropped the ball!
The ball game is over! Racine has won the game, 3 to 2...
...and the World Series!
Take me home, Mama, and put me to bed!
l have seen enough to know l have seen too much!
You played a good game.
Well, what do you say?
All right, lra.
We"ll stick with it.
My mother always used to say, "" lf at first you don"t succeed--""
You don"t have to spend six months in Saskatchewan.
-Alice, you told me it"s lovely. -lf you like icicles.
l thought we were gonna win.
-We didn"t. -Up to that last inning, we had it.
l"m so depressed, l could eat a cow.
lt"s all right.
You did good.
Get dressed. See you on the bus.
Thanks.
Wanna be a ballplayer when you get big?
-What"s your name? -Angelina.
Gotta practice really hard.
What"s your name?
-How much? -Help yourself.
Thank you.
-Hitting! -You all like hitting better?
-What"s your name? -Mary.
-Who you rooting for? -Racine!
That"s what l thought you said.
You guys be good. Get dirty.
-l"m sorry l knocked you over. -No, you"re not.
You blocked the entire plate! How do you--
You did what you had to.
You beat me. You wanted it more than me.
l jammed my shoulder, if it makes you feel any better.
A little.
Bob and l are driving back to Oregon. You"re welcome to come with us.
You two should be alone.
l"d just be in the way.
When will you be coming home?
Some of the girls talked about staying around here and getting jobs.
l really like it here.
Christmas?
l don"t know. You"ll come back next year, right?
l wanna have kids. We wanna have kids.
You got plenty of time to have kids.
You couldn"t give this up. You"d miss it.
Miss it?
Miss putting on all this gear?
Catching a double-header in 1 00-degree heat? Pushing the bus in mud?
Getting slammed into every other day by a base runner?
Think l"m gonna miss that?
l"ll tell you what l"ll miss.
l"ll miss the girls.
l"ll miss you.
Me?
How many sisters do you think l have?
l love you, Kit.
Really?
Just when l want you to stay, you"re leaving.
Thanks for getting me in the league.
You got yourself in the league. l got you on the train.
Play great.
Like you.
You stay in touch.
Come home every once in a while.
lf you don"t, l"ll come back and hit line drives at your head.
l love you.
And you are gonna miss this.
l don"t care what you say.
There"s the winner!
Good game, Jimmy.
Hi, l"m a big fan of yours. l"m Dottie"s husband.
Well, then l"m a big fan of yours.
Old man Harvey just...
...offered me a job managing next year in Wichita.
Triple A? Great. Good luck.
Turned him down.
Why?
What do you mean, why?
l already got a job.
l"ll see you.
Miss Cuthbert, save me my special seat, now, cutie!
Meet you at the hotel.
Did you see Mae"s catch, Dad?
l"d rather see you play ball instead of what you used to do.
What are you saying that for? You make her feel bad!
Steak dinner.
On you. l"ll see you later.
Kit, over here! Come on, let"s go!
That was Bob, huh?
Nice guy.
Lay off of those high ones.
l like the high ones.
-Mule! -Nag!
Hey, Mae. Come here.
-What do you want? -Come here.
-What is it? -Look at her.
lt"s Dottie.
Hey, Doris.
Mae? All-the-Way Mae?
-No one"s called me that since-- -Last night!
l"m a married woman now.
Yeah, about eight times.
Girls! Look who"s here!
Shirley?
Helen Haley!
-lt"s Dr. Haley now. l"m a doctor. -l always knew you would be.
-Who"s that? -Dottie Hinson.
Betty Spaghetti?
Best ballplayer in the league.
-l don"t remember her. -She only played one year.
Ellen Sue!
You haven"t changed one bit.
l married a plastic surgeon.
Having you here is good luck.
Thanks, Alice!
Marla!
l"m so glad you"re here.
-How"s...? -Nelson? He"s good.
He"s retired. Our son runs the business.
How"s Bob?
He"s....
When?
Just this winter.
l"m sorry.
Oh, Shirley, l"m so excited.
l"ve got butterflies in my stomach!
They"ve got a ""Women ln Baseball"" thing up there. lsn"t it neat?
Baseball Hall of Fame. l"m shaking.
Wait a minute here.
-Guess who that is? -Who?
You remember?
You"re gonna lose.
Stilwell, angel!
My goodness!
Where"s your mom?
Mom died a couple of years ago.
l"m sorry.
She was a real nice lady.
And a damn fine ballplayer.
When l heard about this, l...
...felt like l...
...owed it to her to be here.
She always said it was the best time she had in her whole life.
Come here.
Recognize yourself?
-Can l get one of these? -Sure.
Ladies!
lt"s a pleasure to welcome you here today.
lt"s taken years, but you are the first women...
...ever to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame!
-And now-- -Wait. Wait a minute.
This really isn"t right.
Mr. Lowenstein...
...since you kept the league going all those years...
...you do it.
-There you go, lra. -Thank you, Bob.
Ladies...
...it"s my honour.
Mr. Capadino, look! That"s when you changed my life, honey!
Stilwell, angel, smile!
Batter up
Hear that call
The time has come
For one and all
To play
Ball
We"re the members of
The All-American League
We come from cities
Near and far
We"ve got Canadians
Irish ones and Swedes
We"re all for one We"re one for all
We"re All-Americans
ls that you, Grandma?
l"m so glad you came.
Hi, Aunt Dottie.
Take a picture.
Let"s take a picture of the whole team. The original Peaches!
Strike!
That was clear inside. lt was clear inside, clear inside.
-l told you three times. -That"s my opinion.
Yesterday or tomorrow, that might"ve been a ball...
...but today, it was a strike!