A League of Their Own is one of my all-time favourite movies. I relished every moment of it, from women kicking ass in baseball, to the sultry Madonna pushing the envelope in sports (something I could always personally relate to!), to the oh so strong and beautiful Geena Davis who just kept carrying it on her own way as the best damn player in the league.
On my way back from the United States this time around I couldn’t pull the all-nighter drive I usually do so I can have the next full day to work, so around 2:45am my sagging eyes looked for somewhere to pull over and came upon the exit off 49 South in Wisconsin for Racine.
Racine??!! As in, the Racine Belles from A League of Their Own?!
Yup, it was indeed, so if I was going to pick any random town in the good ole US of A to rest up for a few hours, it might as well be this one!
Racine was part of several midwest towns who formed the original All American Girls Baseball League, which also included the Kenosha Comets, the Rockford Peaches, and the South Bend Blue Sox. The organization formed in 1943 to keep the sport of baseball going when the men went away to war.
I always liked girls playing baseball better anyways.
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three comments
Oh man I've been meaning to re-watch this movie for ages. It's one of my favorites too: feminist struggles, smartmouth dames, Madonna soundtrack, and baseball, all rolled into one! Oh but you forgot to mention feisty firecracker Lori Petty as the spunky kid sis who likes the high ones! So many exclamation marks!
As a kid who loved baseball but kind of sucked at sports, I guess this movie was some sort of out-of-body experience for me, where I could simultaneous slide into third, crack wise about "social diseases", and swing-dance with sailors. Oh yes. It's time to go back there again.
Posted by Anna
August 24, 2008, 1:56 PM
totally an integral part of my feminist development!!!!!!!
Posted by Sheetal
August 26, 2008, 10:22 AM
As a girl how plays baseball eventhough the coaches hate me it feel so good to watch that movie and see that no matter how many coaches or guys make fun of me its ok to play and no one should ever make me want to stop
Posted by Jamie
November 4, 2008, 3:57 PM
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