History YMMV / ALeagueOfTheirOwn

* 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.

* OneSceneWonder: When a foul ball goes into the segregated black section of a stadium, the woman who tosses it back hurls a mean pitch that impresses Dottie, but alas, the movie takes place four years before Jackie Robinson broke major league baseball's color barrier.

* HilariousInHindsight: During the farm scene, Ernie asks Dottie and Kit if milking the cows hurts them, responding it’d "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''.

** "It's the marble a foot above your ass." [[note]]Part of Jimmy's venting involves telling her to 'use her head' and drops this line.[[/note]]

* SheReallyCanAct: Madonna. Despite having numerous starring roles this supporting role, which she nailed, is arguably her most memorable role.

* InternetBackdraft: Don't ask if [[spoiler: Dottie threw the game or if Kit won legitimately.]] Just don't.

* She Really Can Act: Madonna. Despite having numerous starring roles this supporting role, which she nailed, is arguably her most memorable role.

** '''"THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!"''' [[explanation]]Jimmy vents his annoyance over Evelyn's mistake at her, to the point that he makes her burst out in tears. He then proceeds to yell at her for crying to begin with, dropping this line.[[/explanation]]

** "It's the marble a foot above your ass." [[explanation]]Part of Jimmy's venting involves telling her to 'use her head' and drops this line.[[/explanation]]

* MemeticMutation: '''"THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!"'''

* AwesomeMoments:
-->'''Jimmy:''' This is chickenshit, Dottie, if you want to go back to Oregon and make a hundred babies, great, I'm in no position to tell anyone how to live. But sneaking out like this, quitting, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. Baseball is what gets inside you. It's what lights you up, you can't deny that.\\
'''Dottie:''' It just got too hard.\\
'''Jimmy:''' It's ''supposed'' to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it '''great'''.
** Dottie doing the splits to catch a ball, impressing everyone and especially the newsmen who'd been sitting bored on the sidelines up until then. The Rancine catcher reluctantly tells her coach that she "can't do that", to which he responds with a flabbergasted, "Who ''can''?"

** One of the Racine players is Creator/TeaLeoni

** Kit scores the winning run in the championship by knocking over Dottie who was blocking home plate. Twelve years after this movie, MLB instituted the controversial Posey Rule which prevents catchers from blocking the plate unless they possess the ball. However, Dottie had the ball long before Kit was even near the plate (heck, the relay was caught by the cutoff as Kit was rounding third, ignoring the coach's pleas to stop at third).

* {{Padding}}: A long, maudlin, entirely pointless epilogue with the elderly veterans of the AAGPBL forming for a reunion.

* HollywoodHomely: Marla, who looks quite cute once she gets a makeover. Kit also, though she's the only person who seems to think this--the general opinion is that while not as beautiful as Dottie, she's still quite pretty. Even the newsreel makes a point of this.

** [[Film/TheBourneSeries Noah Vosen]] tries to get Tom Hanks to get his act together.
** One of the Racine players is Tea Leoni

* BaseBreaker: Kit. Some people see her as a PassionateSportsGirl and sympathethic [[TheUnfavorite unfavorite]] who overcame being OvershadowedByAwesome, others see her as a [[{{Wangst}} whiny]], bratty, hostile UngratefulBastard who didn't earn her place on the league and treated her sister with contempt even when Dottie did everything she could to make her happy.

** WordOfGod: No, she didn't.

** Jimmy's "The 'hard' is what makes it great" speech has since become a popular motivational slogan for sports teams as well as a motto for anyone following their dreams.

** Kit scores the winning run in the championship by knocking over Dottie who was blocking home plate. Twelve years after this movie, MLB instituted the controversial Posey Rule which prevents catchers from blocking the plate unless they possess the ball.