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* HilariousInHindsight: During the farm scene, Ernie asks Dottie and Kit if milking the cows hurts them, responding it’d "[[ShareTheMalePain bruise the hell]]" out of him. Two years later, Creator/JonLovitz would have a part in the sequel to ''Film/CitySlickers'' where he tries to milk a ''bull''.
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** During the farm scene, Ernie asks Dottie and Kit if milking the cows hurts them, responding it’d "[[ShareTheMalePain bruise the hell]]" out of him. Two years later, Creator/JonLovitz would have a part in the sequel to ''Film/CitySlickers'' where he tries to milk a''bull''.''bull''.
** Bitty Schram playing the meek, ShrinkingViolet Evelyn is this considering her well known role as the cunning, tough-as-nails Sharona Fleming on {{Series/Monk}}.
** During the farm scene, Ernie asks Dottie and Kit if milking the cows hurts them, responding it’d "[[ShareTheMalePain bruise the hell]]" out of him. Two years later, Creator/JonLovitz would have a part in the sequel to ''Film/CitySlickers'' where he tries to milk a
** Bitty Schram playing the meek, ShrinkingViolet Evelyn is this considering her well known role as the cunning, tough-as-nails Sharona Fleming on {{Series/Monk}}.
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** In-Universe. When Betty first meets Jimmy she asks him to sign her husband‘s baseball card, and in his drunken state he rips it up. Being as her husband is killed in combat during the season, and the news is delivered by Jimmy, The loss of such a precious memento was probably even more painful for her.
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** In-Universe. When Betty first meets Jimmy she asks him to sign her husband‘s baseball card, and in his drunken state he rips it up. Being as her husband is killed in combat during the season, and the news is delivered by Jimmy, The the loss of such a precious memento was probably even more painful for her.
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Music/{{Madonna}}. Despite having numerous starring roles this supporting role, which she nailed, is arguably her most memorable role.
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Music/{{Madonna}}. Despite having numerous starring roles this supporting role, which she nailed, is arguably her most memorable role.and unique role.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: The smarmy Mr. Harvey's plan to fire women from the teams and various industries once men start coming back from the war to resume their old jobs has definite misogynistic undertones, but he does make a valid point that it would be ungrateful and shortsighted to leave those returning soldiers unemployed after everything they went through.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: The smarmy Mr. Harvey's plan to fire women from the teams and various industries once men start coming back from the war to resume their old jobs has definite misogynistic undertones, but he does make a valid point that it would be ungrateful and shortsighted to leave those returning soldiers unemployed after everything they went through.
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* ValuesDissonance: Kit's UnnecessaryRoughness during the final play of the World Series was fairly normal at the time, but modern baseball has had things like the Buster Posey rule introduced to try to keep players safer. In modern times, Kit would've been called out for the deliberate collision even though Dottie lost her grip on the ball.[[note]]The relevant rule is MLB rule 7.13, introduced at the professional level in 2014. According to the rule, "A runner attempting to score may not deviate from [their] direct pathway to the plate in order to initiate contact with the catcher (or other player covering home plate). If, in the judgment of the Umpire, a runner attempting to score initiates contact with the catcher (or other player covering home plate) in such a manner, the Umpire shall declare the runner out (even if the player covering home plate loses possession of the ball)". This rule is frequently referred to as the Buster Posey rule, after the former San Francisco Giants catcher. Posey was severely injured during a 2011 game when a baserunner deliberately ran into him to knock the ball out of his hands, fracturing his tibula and tearing ligaments in his ankle. Luckily, Posey recovered.[[/note]]
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* ValuesDissonance: Kit's UnnecessaryRoughness during the final play of the World Series was fairly normal at the time, but modern baseball has had things like the Buster Posey rule introduced to try to keep players safer. In modern times, Kit would've been called out for the deliberate collision even though Dottie lost her grip on the ball.[[note]]The relevant rule is MLB rule 7.13, introduced at the professional level in 2014. According to the rule, "A runner attempting to score may not deviate from [their] direct pathway to the plate in order to initiate contact with the catcher (or other player covering home plate). If, in the judgment of the Umpire, a runner attempting to score initiates contact with the catcher (or other player covering home plate) in such a manner, the Umpire shall declare the runner out (even if the player covering home plate loses possession of the ball)". This rule is frequently referred to as the Buster Posey rule, after the former San Francisco Giants catcher. Posey was severely injured during a 2011 game when a baserunner deliberately ran into him to knock the ball out of his hands, fracturing his tibula and tearing ligaments in his ankle. Luckily, Posey recovered.[[/note]]
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* ValuesDissonance: Kit's UnnecessaryRoughness during the final play of the World Series was fairly normal at the time, but modern baseball has had things like the Buster Posey rule introduced to try to keep players safer. In modern times, Kit would've been called out for the deliberate collision even though Dottie lost her grip on the ball.[[note]]The relevant rule is MLB rule 7.13, introduced at the professional level in 2014. According to the rule, "A runner attempting to score may not deviate from [their] direct pathway to the plate in order to initiate contact with the catcher (or other player covering home plate). If, in the judgment of the Umpire, a runner attempting to score initiates contact with the catcher (or other player covering home plate) in such a manner, the Umpire shall declare the runner out (even if the player covering home plate loses possession of the ball)". This rule is frequently referred to as the Buster Posey rule, after the former San Francisco Giants catcher. Posey was severely injured during a 2011 game when a baserunner deliberately ran into him to knock the ball out of his hands, fracturing his tibula and tearing ligaments in his ankle. Luckily, Posey recovered.[[/note]]
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** The question that defines the film's climax, and is often asked alongside other gems like "[[Film/PulpFiction what was in that suitcase?]]" and "[[Film/WhenHarryMetSally can men and women really be just friends]]": Did Dottie ''let'' Kit win? Only two people knew the answer for sure, and one of them (director Creator/PennyMarshall) took the secret to her grave. Creator/GeenaDavis, for her part, has made clear that she has every intention of doing the same thing. (Creator/LoriPetty, though she acknowledges that she doesn't ''know'' for certain, is pretty confident that Kit won fair and square.)
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** The question that defines the film's climax, and is often asked alongside other gems like "[[Film/PulpFiction what was in that suitcase?]]" and "[[Film/WhenHarryMetSally can men and women really be just friends]]": Did Dottie drop the ball on purpose, and in doing so, ''let'' Kit win? Only two people knew the answer for sure, and one of them (director Creator/PennyMarshall) took the secret to her grave. Creator/GeenaDavis, for her part, has made clear that she has every intention of doing the same thing. (Creator/LoriPetty, though she acknowledges that she doesn't ''know'' for certain, is pretty confident that Kit won fair and square.)
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** The question that defines the film's climax, and is often asked alongside other gems like "[[Film/PulpFiction what was in that suitcase?]]" and "[[Film/WhenHarryMetSally can men and women really be just friends]]": Did Dottie ''let'' Kit win? Only two people knew the answer for sure, and one of them (director Creator/PennyMarshall) took the secret to her grave. Creator/GeenaDavis, for her part, has made clear that she has every intention of doing the same thing.
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** The question that defines the film's climax, and is often asked alongside other gems like "[[Film/PulpFiction what was in that suitcase?]]" and "[[Film/WhenHarryMetSally can men and women really be just friends]]": Did Dottie ''let'' Kit win? Only two people knew the answer for sure, and one of them (director Creator/PennyMarshall) took the secret to her grave. Creator/GeenaDavis, for her part, has made clear that she has every intention of doing the same thing. (Creator/LoriPetty, though she acknowledges that she doesn't ''know'' for certain, is pretty confident that Kit won fair and square.)
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Dottie tells Marla, the best hitter on the team, to bunt in an attempt to run a squeeze play to bring the runner on third in. Jimmy finally notices and, without even knowing Marla's name but knowing that she IS the best hitter, thinks it's a foolish play. He and Dottie get into an argument about whether Marla should bunt or swing away. Did Dottie intentionally call the wrong play in order to get Jimmy to take more control over the coaching, or did she really think that the bunt was the best move with the infield out deep?
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** The question that defines the film's climax, and is often asked alongside other gems like "[[Film/PulpFiction what was in that suitcase?]]" and "[[Film/WhenHarryMetSally can men and women really be just friends]]": Did Dottie ''let'' Kit win? Only two people knew the answer for sure, and one of them (director Creator/PennyMarshall) took the secret to her grave. Creator/GeenaDavis, for her part, has made clear that she has every intention of doing the same thing.
** Dottie tells Marla, the best hitter on the team, to bunt in an attempt to run a squeeze play to bring the runner on third in. Jimmy finally notices and, without even knowing Marla's name but knowing that she IS the best hitter, thinks it's a foolish play. He and Dottie get into an argument about whether Marla should bunt or swing away. Did Dottie intentionally call the wrong play in order to get Jimmy to take more control over the coaching, or did she really think that the bunt was the best move with the infield out deep?
** The question that defines the film's climax, and is often asked alongside other gems like "[[Film/PulpFiction what was in that suitcase?]]" and "[[Film/WhenHarryMetSally can men and women really be just friends]]": Did Dottie ''let'' Kit win? Only two people knew the answer for sure, and one of them (director Creator/PennyMarshall) took the secret to her grave. Creator/GeenaDavis, for her part, has made clear that she has every intention of doing the same thing.
** Dottie tells Marla, the best hitter on the team, to bunt in an attempt to run a squeeze play to bring the runner on third in. Jimmy finally notices and, without even knowing Marla's name but knowing that she IS the best hitter, thinks it's a foolish play. He and Dottie get into an argument about whether Marla should bunt or swing away. Did Dottie intentionally call the wrong play in order to get Jimmy to take more control over the coaching, or did she really think that the bunt was the best move with the infield out deep?
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* OneSceneWonder: When a foul ball goes into the segregated black section of a stadium, the woman who tosses it back hurls a mean throw that hurts Dottie's hand ''despite being thrown 300 feet, from the outfield'', and impresses Dottie, but alas, the movie takes place four years before Jackie Robinson broke major league baseball's color barrier - and ten years before the Negro Leagues, inspired by the AAGPBL, [[https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-annual-2018/the-negro-leagues-last-hope-three-brave-women/ added female players]].
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* FridgeBrilliance: It may seem like Jimmy was just being nice to Evelyn by not venting at her ''again'' for missing the cut-off man, but in actuality, he was just being a manager. One of the jobs of a manager is to adjust his coaching to players on an individual basis, and venting at Evelyn wouldn't help her. You'll notice she gets the message, and at the climax, she hits the cutoff man ''perfectly''.
** The awkwardness between Jimmy and Dottie before she leaves with Bob and when he later meets him makes a lot more sense given the DeletedScene of Jimmy and Dottie kissing.
* FridgeHorror: Crossing over into Fridge Sadness. Early in the film, Evelyn's husband forces her to start traveling with Stillwell, because he can't "read the want ads" and take care of the boy at the same time. Later, in the finale, a grown-up Stillwell remarks that Evelyn has died, but he made the trip to Cooperstown in her honor: "She always said it was the best time she ever had in her whole life." All of this suggests that Evelyn had an unhappy marriage--she's the only married woman we see (besides Marla) whose husband isn't at war, just out of work, and judging by how quickly he dumped Stillwell on her, he probably wasn't father of the year material. Evelyn was likely eager to stay out of the house as long as she could, and cherished her time with the Peaches more than her raising a family. This might even explain why Jimmy's yelling results in a teary-eyed breakdown: she might be used to her husband screaming at her for mistakes, and hoped to get away from it while playing baseball.
** The awkwardness between Jimmy and Dottie before she leaves with Bob and when he later meets him makes a lot more sense given the DeletedScene of Jimmy and Dottie kissing.
* FridgeHorror: Crossing over into Fridge Sadness. Early in the film, Evelyn's husband forces her to start traveling with Stillwell, because he can't "read the want ads" and take care of the boy at the same time. Later, in the finale, a grown-up Stillwell remarks that Evelyn has died, but he made the trip to Cooperstown in her honor: "She always said it was the best time she ever had in her whole life." All of this suggests that Evelyn had an unhappy marriage--she's the only married woman we see (besides Marla) whose husband isn't at war, just out of work, and judging by how quickly he dumped Stillwell on her, he probably wasn't father of the year material. Evelyn was likely eager to stay out of the house as long as she could, and cherished her time with the Peaches more than her raising a family. This might even explain why Jimmy's yelling results in a teary-eyed breakdown: she might be used to her husband screaming at her for mistakes, and hoped to get away from it while playing baseball.
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* HilariousInHindsight: During the farm scene, Ernie asks Dottie and Kit if milking the cows hurts them, responding it’d "[[ShareTheMalePain bruise the hell]]" out of him. Two years later, Jon Lovitz would have a part in the sequel to ''Film/CitySlickers'' where he tries to milk a ''bull''.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Since Creator/TomHanks has since gone on to be ''the'' contemporary idea of a Hollywood actor, it's easy to forget that he got his start in wacky comedies like ''Film/{{Big}}'' and ''Film/{{Splash}}''. This was the first movie where he got to show off his dramatic chops; originally, the producers wanted someone older (and thus more realistic as a failed ballplayer) for the part of Jimmy, but Hanks was eager to break out of his comic typecasting and lobbied hard for the part, even [[DyeingForYourArt gaining a considerable amount of weight]] to seem more like an out-of-shape athlete. His efforts proved that he could do dramas too, and his next run of films--including ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'' and ''Film/ForrestGump''--only cemented that legacy.
* HilariousInHindsight: During the farm scene, Ernie asks Dottie and Kit if milking the cows hurts them, responding it’d "[[ShareTheMalePain bruise the hell]]" out of him. Two years later,Jon Lovitz Creator/JonLovitz would have a part in the sequel to ''Film/CitySlickers'' where he tries to milk a ''bull''.
* HilariousInHindsight: During the farm scene, Ernie asks Dottie and Kit if milking the cows hurts them, responding it’d "[[ShareTheMalePain bruise the hell]]" out of him. Two years later,
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[{{Series/Monk}} Sharona Fleming]] learns there's no crying in baseball.
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* RewatchBonus: Once you've seen the film and you know that Dottie tells her old teammate that [[spoiler:Bob has died]], her behavior in the beginning makes a lot more sense. It's clear that she's reluctant to attend the reunion, and her daughter is quite adamant that she go, because [[spoiler:she's been depressed over the loss of her husband, which is fairly recent]].
* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Madonna. Despite having numerous starring roles this supporting role, which she nailed, is arguably her most memorable role.
* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Madonna. Despite having numerous starring roles this supporting role, which she nailed, is arguably her most memorable role.
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* ButtMonkey: Poor Miss Cuthbert, the chaperone, puts up with a lot. [[spoiler: However she sure comes up big after Betty gets her terrible news about her husband.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: The guy who delivered the telegram for Betty was incredibly insensitive.
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** In-Universe. When Betty first meets Jimmy she asks him to sign her husband‘s baseball card, and in his drunken state he rips it up. Being as her husband is killed in combat during the season, and the news is delivered by Jimmy, The loss of such a precious memento was probably even more painful for her.
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** Betty. Her first major scene has Jimmy tear up her husband's prized baseball card when she asks for an autograph, and her last major scene has [[spoiler:her find out that her husband has been killed in action.]]
** Evelyn is a ShrinkingViolet who gets yelled at until she cries after making a mistake during a game. She also has a husband who is implied to be either a deadbeat or a DomesticAbuser and a son who constantly embarrasses her by being a BrattyHalfPint.
** Betty. Her first major scene has Jimmy tear up her husband's prized baseball card when she asks for an autograph, and her last major scene has [[spoiler:her find out that her husband has been killed in action.]]
** Evelyn is a ShrinkingViolet who gets yelled at until she cries after making a mistake during a game. She also has a husband who is implied to be either a deadbeat or a DomesticAbuser and a son who constantly embarrasses her by being a BrattyHalfPint.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Helen is only tenth in the credits and doesn't have that many notable scenes, but gets a lot of appreciation for her moment of kindness toward Shirley during the tryouts and for having a couple of pretty funny lines.
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* ComedyGhetto: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcN392H2jx0 The trailer]] makes it out to be more of a comedic film when it really isn't.
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* FridgeHorror: Crossing over into Fridge Sadness. Early in the film, Evelyn's husband forces her to start traveling with Stillwell, because he can't "read the want ads" and take care of the boy at the same time. Later, in the finale, a grown-up Stillwell remarks that Evelyn has died, but he made the trip to Cooperstown in her honor: "She always said it was the best time she ever had in her whole life." All of this suggests that Evelyn had an unhappy marriage--she's the only married woman we see (besides Marla) whose husband isn't at war, just out of work, and judging by how quickly he dumped Stillwell on her, he probably wasn't father of the year material. Evelyn was likely eager to stay out of the house as long as she could, and always cherished her time with the Peaches more than her raising a family. This might even explain why Jimmy's yelling results in a teary-eyed breakdown: she might be used to her husband screaming at her for mistakes, and hoped to get away from it while playing baseball.
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* FridgeHorror: Crossing over into Fridge Sadness. Early in the film, Evelyn's husband forces her to start traveling with Stillwell, because he can't "read the want ads" and take care of the boy at the same time. Later, in the finale, a grown-up Stillwell remarks that Evelyn has died, but he made the trip to Cooperstown in her honor: "She always said it was the best time she ever had in her whole life." All of this suggests that Evelyn had an unhappy marriage--she's the only married woman we see (besides Marla) whose husband isn't at war, just out of work, and judging by how quickly he dumped Stillwell on her, he probably wasn't father of the year material. Evelyn was likely eager to stay out of the house as long as she could, and always cherished her time with the Peaches more than her raising a family. This might even explain why Jimmy's yelling results in a teary-eyed breakdown: she might be used to her husband screaming at her for mistakes, and hoped to get away from it while playing baseball.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Did Dottie drop the ball in that final play on purpose?]]
** WordOfGod: No, she didn't. (If she did, she wouldn't have been giving tips on her sister's weaknesses.)
** WordOfGod: No, she didn't. (If she did, she wouldn't have been giving tips on her sister's weaknesses.)
