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A League of Their Own: Rockford Peaches
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A League of Their Own ends with a reunion of all the former teammates of Rockford Peaches at the opening of a women’s section in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Many of the older women shown in the final scenes had been actual players of the AAGPBL. The main cast of the film includes Tom Hanks in the role of Jimmy Dugan, Geena Davies as Dottie and Lori Petty as Kit. The film saw the famous pop singer Madonna in the part of Mae Mordabito, a role which Moira Kelly was supposed to do earlier but had to pull out because of an injury.
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League Stadium, located in Huntingburg, Indiana, served as the homefield for the Rockford Peaches. Many game scenes were filmed at Bosse Field in Evansville, Indiana. It is the nation's third oldest ball park (and the oldest minor league ball park), and was depicted as the home of the Racine Belles. The scenes that take place in fictional Harvey Field were shot at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. As with his film counterpart, Chicago Cubs owner P. K. Wrigley was the original sponsor of the league.
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As the league begins, the women play their hearts out, but the tables are stacked against them. If it isn't the etiquette and poise classes, then it's the awful skirted uniforms they are forced to wear. Even though they are playing ball, they must always be ladies first and foremost. And worst of all for the Peaches, Dugan shows no interest in managing the team. He shows up, but he ends up sleeping through most of the games.
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At first, the league attracts little interest. In one memorable scene, Lowenstein tells the Peaches that things aren't going so well and that the owners are having second thoughts. With a Life magazine photographer in attendance, he asks them to do something spectacular. Dottie obliges: When a ball is popped up behind home plate, she catches it while doing the splits; the resulting photograph makes the cover of the magazine. Jimmy is (predictably) disgusted, while the opposing coach and catcher are stunned. Gradually, more and more people show up and the league becomes a success.
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