100 reasons why we love A League Of Their Own

the movie

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1. all the way may

2. dottie's split

3. THERES NO CRYING IN BASEBALL

4. the look on old dottie's face when she gets to the reunion

5. "slide...SLIDE!! thank you"

6. Marla Hooch

7. Marla Hooch's song

8. Marla Hooch at charm school

9. may at charm school

10. May suggesting what if she goes in for catch and her bosoms fall out, and Rosie says you think there ain't a man alive who ain't seen your bosoms :D

11. may almost killing miss cuthbert

so she could sneak out

12. .the little boy with the trumpet

13. Jon Lovitz

14. mr lowenstein for keeping the league going all these years

15. doris

16. the gr8 song at the beginning that i know all the words to

17. Mummy's autograph on the little kid's baseball "Avoid the clap. Jimmy Dugan."

Mummy? Jimmy. Stupid autoreplace

ahahahahaha

MUMMY

;_;

Lol

18. jimmy trying to remember beverly's name

19. The Song

Remind me of the song, I havemt seen the movie in a while...

we are 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 1

we're 1 for all

we're all american

Ohhh yay I remember now <3

:) not to mention

20. madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground"

!!!!!! Yes how could I forget <3

a keeper

ummmm 21. the scene where betty finds out about george even tho it's major :*(

the look on doris's face especially :(

Oh that is so sad...

22. When Jimmy tells umpire he looks like a penis with a hat

lol because he's so right

23. the woman from the stands who throws the ball to ellen sue

24. Nelson

omg was just gonna say it

25. doris revealing she used to be a bouncer

26. kit's smokin hot date at the sudsbucket

27. Mae teaching Shirley to read with her sexytime romance novel "Mmmilky white br br breasts"

Was it Shirley? I think I got the name mixed up

no yeah i think ur rite -- shirley baker

28. ellen sue hitting the obnoxious guy in the stands with a perfectly pitched ball

("it slipped!")

Yes!

29. Jimmy's speech about girls don't play baseball they're for making out with and the guy saying "If we paid you more could you be any more disgusting?"

30. dottie telling jimmy off -- "then act like it, you big lush"

31. Dottie and Jimmy talking about his marriages - Dottie goes "Any children?" and Jimmy says, "Yeah one of them was"

omg otm.

the look he gives her after he says that

pure jimmy cuteness look

Jimmy is the best

so cuute

32 And the conversation about her going to Oregon when he's telling her to stay but not quite and it's just so sincere and cool

33 when jimmy says "it's supposed to be hard. the hard -- is what makes it great."

Yes! And when he says about you should do what "lights you up"

34 the period dress is pretty snappy iirc

35 "can't hit 'em, can't leave 'em alone" is a cool phrase

36 mae's outfit when she goes to see the priest, who drops the bible twice during her confession

37 isn't there a scene where they all sing on the bus?

yeah they sing The Song

the bus in general is pretty fantastic

38 when dottie catches doris' ball at try outs

Oh I love that!!!

39 mae times jimmy as he's pissing

40 the way doris says "steak dinner"

as a baseball fan who's seen some of the real players from that league speak at conventions, I can't imagine ever watching this movie.

41. The softcore remake, "A League of Their Moan"

xp but some of the women in the league are in the movie ...

"the bus" is otm

doesn't hanks suddenly reveal he has fam in one of the bus scenes, or offers some surprising personal tidbit like that

def echoed in the "i'm a schoolteacher" reveal in saving private ryan

ending also echoes schindler's list! lol

42. This exchange:
Helen Haley: Has anybody seen my new red hat?
Dottie Hinson: Oh piss on your hat.
Helen Haley: That was uncalled for.

This thread is great. I haven't seen the film in a while, so this is kind of like watching it w/o a tv.

23. the woman from the stands who throws the ball to ellen sue

idk if this is the same but

43. the black woman who throws the ball back at practice and gives this gritty smile like "i'd be fucking pwning u"

44. Marla Hooch's dad saying to Lovitz "I know my girl ain't so purty as these girls..."
45. when Marla Hooch switches to lefty and the boys groansigh
46. everything that comes out of Lovitz's mouth but esp "I don't want YOU, I want HER, the one who HIT the ball. Climb back under the cow."
47. Lovitz's gestures kicking at the chickens. "Get these wild animals away from me, haven't you ever heard of a leash?!"

this movie was on tv last night

48. "now and forever"

this movie was on tv last night

If you're talking about the AMC airing, I watched it too. Love this movie.

49. how many times they show this movie on tv

50. geena davis's face

51. how david strathairn almost emotes.

52. the spaghetti commercial at the beginning of certain vhs copies featuring real league players

53. Francis from "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" as grown-up Stillwell, actually pulling off some pathos when telling old Dottie that his mom had died.

54. Third-tier but best-looking Cusack sibling, Ann, as Mae.

53. Francis from "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" as grown-up Stillwell, actually pulling off some pathos when telling old Dottie that his mom had died.

Sometimes, that gives me a sniffle.

55. "Hey cowgirls, see the grass? Don't eat it."

56. How much I cry when Betty Spaghetti finds out her husband died

57. Mae not wanting to go back to taxi-dancing :(
... and me FINALLY today learning what taxi-dancing is
fyi it does not involve dancing on or near taxis

58. See the way it works is the train moves not the station

the queer history of the AAGPBL

http://narrative.ly/the-hidden-queer-history-behind-a-league-of-their-own/

In honor of Penny Marshall's recent passing, I think we should restart the list.

1. You see the way it works is, the train moves, not the station.

2. How seething with anger that bumblefuck telegram delivery man makes me.

3. "He's really a sweetie, Dottie." "Yeah, I hope I have five just like him."

4: https://media.giphy.com/media/j9agLBOCppF1m/giphy.gif

(love the way Marla goes right into catching stance behind Dottie)

5. Entire Suds Bucket dance sequence

6.
Which team do you play for?
Well, I was just wondering, 'cause I couldn't figure out why you'd throw home when we've got a two-run lead!
You let the tying run get on second and we lost the lead because of you.
Now you start usin' your head! That's that lump that's three feet above your ass!
Are you crying?
Are you crying?
ARE YOU CRYING?
There's no crying! There's no crying in baseball!Rogers Hornsby was my manager, and he called me a talking pile of pigshit, and that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game.
And did I cry?
No!
No!
And do you know why?
Because there's no crying in baseball!
There's no crying in baseball!
No crying!

7. Longest pee ever (with bonus fart)

8. Has anyone ever told you you look like the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz?

9. Shirley not being able to read her name on the list and Helen coming over to help her - makes me cry every time

^ yeah, :(