A League of Their Own

In 1943 when the ranks of professional male baseball players were leaving for the war a group of ladies left their homes to become part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and kept baseball alive for a grateful nation. This is their story. Dottie Hinson Geena Davis is the team's most gifted playerand the camaraderie and jealousy with her sister Lori Petty is part of this film's charm and complexity. Jimmy Dugan Tom Hanks is the drunken ex-player and slob manager who eventually brings the team to success. Directed by Penny Marshall BIG AWAKENINGS and also starring Madonna Jon Lovitz and Bill Pullman.