The guy who wrote that says (DVD extra) he feels great whenever he hears it, because it was just a throwaway line to get out of that scene, and it became more famous than the whole movie.
You asked why elder Dottie's daughter said at the beginning that Dottie hadn't been leaving her room much. I suspect it has to do with what elder Dottie said toward the end: that she'd just lost her husband last winter.
Why do these dumb reviewers, who know absolutely nothing about what they are watching, ask these silly questions? Just shut up and watch it and all will be revealed....
Dottie stayed in her room because her husband passed away "just last winter" and was closing herself off, dealing with her pain. "All-the-way May" was Madonna, who also sang the end song "this used to be my Playground". FANTASTIC REACTION!
I also like that she included several cast mates from her TV Show "Laverne & Shirley". Her brother Garry Marshall plays Walter Harvey, David L. Lander who was "Squiggy" on L&S is the Game Announcer and actor Eddie Mekka who played Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa on L&S is one of the GI's swing dancing in the bar.
Every single reactor says the same thing in the Marla Hooch scene at the beginning. "They should be outside practicing" without noticing 10 seconds before that it's POURING RAIN outside the gym.
Thanks Madame President Of The World! GEENA DAVIS was not only a world-class model, she made herself into an Archer and even qualified for the US Championships before the Sydney Summer Olympics .. .. She finished #24 in the country but did go to Sydney eventually as a wild-card entry into the Archery Exhibition at the Olympics .. ..
13:00.......Those are signs, Dawn. Every baseball team uses their own. It's like a code, so the players can talk to each other without the other team knowing what they're saying.
Yep, you're right! That absolutely was a real bruise! I've never had one that bad myself, but my mom did. It took almost a whole year to get back to normal. Crazy.
Baseball hits many Americans right in the feels. We grew up playing catch with dad, wearing team uniforms, scraping knees and wearing caps that screwed up our hair all summer long. It was heaven.
American kids (mostly fellows) mowed lawns, delivered newspapers on a bicycle, did errands for Mom & Dad to earn allowance money so they could buy and collect baseball cards, maybe go to a game with Dad and/or Brothers. Sweat Equity was collected and used for entertainment, and baseball was around the states in both major and minor leagues. Television networks started broadcasting baseball games to feed the flames of the public's interest!
12:59 certain hand signals are unique and predetermined, typically by the coach, to tell the batter and base runners what they need to do. Everything extra means nothing and is just to keep the signals from being known by the opposing team
Baseball did evolve out of rounders, though nobody seems to know how. The only thing anybody seems certain of is that the Abner Doubleday legend is just a legend.
Cricket, from what little I know, has a lot of rules and confusing traditions compared to rounders/baseball. Although the Infield Fly Ball rule in baseball still baffles me today. Amazingly, earlier this year the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was hosted by the US, Canada and the West Indies. There is a small league here in America that started up in 2023 and this was an attempt to make cricket more popular in the USA. The US team, which has a lot of players of South Asian, descent did better than expected. In the first game in Grand Prairie, Texas (about 5 miles from my home), we beat Canada. An even bigger upset was when USA defeated Pakistan in overtime. The US got knocked out by South Africa, West Indies and some country called England. Not so surprisingly, India won the championship overall.
@@ronbo11 Without the infield fly rule, it would be too easy to get a double play. Catch the ball then double the runner off first if he did run. If he didn't run, drop the ball and immediately get the lead runner at second, then get the batter going to first because you can't have 2 people on the same base.
When the ball goes over the fence, the batter and base runners instantly score. It is called a Homerun. If a player is on each base when this happens, earning four runs or points, it is called a Grand Slam.
@@davewhitmore1958I ABSOLUTELY 100 PERCENT AGREE!!!!!!! Her beautiful laugh is infectious, so pleasant, if she could bottle it & sell it, she'd be a trillionaire!!!!!!!
Director Penny Marshall included several cast mates from her TV Show "Laverne & Shirley". Her brother Garry Marshall plays Walter Harvey, David L. Lander who was "Squiggy" on L&S is the Game Announcer and actor Eddie Mekka who played Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa on L&S is one of the GI's swing dancing in the bar.
The GI w/Madonna was Eddie Mekka. He also danced on Laverne & Shirley.😊 That was one of my favorite shows as a kid along w/ Happy Days & Charlie's Angels.😄
When the black lady throws the ball back from distance with absolute heat on it hurting her hand it's a testament to how awful it was that they weren't able to play. Avoid the clap.
The women's teams did not play in America's larger cities; the smaller cities could support a minor/women's league team better and contribute to the "local" economy and entertainment opportunities.
The All American Girls Professional Baseball League, lasted from 1943-1954! The Kalamazoo Lassies, won the last championship. Actually, the ladies played softball, that first year, and then switched to baseball in 1944. I read an article about the film, and the interviewer asked someone, if any of the actresses were actually good players. Yes, was the reply. Lorie Petty, was very good! The old women, who were playing, at the end of the film, were the real members of the AAGPBL.
Actually, the AAGBL went thru a few alterations from ball size; distance between home plate & pitching mound; distance between bases & way of pitching. They did not start overhand pitching like the men's baseball until 1948. In 1947, they tried sidearm pitching, but figured out it was a terrible idea. It wasn't until the last Season that the women played almost regular baseball. I say "almost" because the distance between the bases was 5ft short of men's baseball regulation.
My guess is that hitting the ball over the fence in rounders may not be as common. A “homerun” is technically just touching all bases regardless of where the ball is. That’s my guess on why she asked that.
This was a real baseball league. As the story tells, they started women's baseball when the men were drafter or enlisted during World War II. I met one of these great ladies....not in depicted in this movie but from one of the other teams. The cow kept mooing and he complained to Penny Marshall, the director. She told him to tell the cow to shut up, so he did and she kept it in the movie. For the casting call, they told anyone that couldn't play baseball, do not apply because they didn't have time to teach them.
Love the reaction to the movies you watch. You're so cute. The scene where Betty gets the Western Union chokes me up every time. This is based on true events during World War II.
BTW, "There's no crying in Baseball." As the final credits were rolling, those were the real veterans of the AAGPBL playing a game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, the home of the Baseball Hall Of Fame. As for the bruise, sure, why not, there are plenty of bruises in Baseball.
I used to love playing Rounders at school and whilst there are some distinct differences between Rounders and Baseball it's the closest i ever got to playing Baseball
There's No Crying In Baseball Such an Iconic Line Also Want To Say That The Song 'This Used To Be My Playground' by Madonna Is Just Superb. Thing This Film Is One Of Those Hidden Gems a Great Cast Too Glad You Enjoyed This Dawn.
29:23 - There's that reason; but she's a very recent widow, too: remember she tells Marla her husband died just that winter. Incidentally, the African American woman who threw the ball so very well could not, in the 1940s join the League. It wasn't until Jackie Robinson was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, by Branch Rickey, in 1947, the color barrier to the Major League was broken. It was horrendously rough for Robinson, and Rickey knew that it would be for whoever was signed. He needed a man who, in the face of attacks, balls to the head, spikes to the legs, and even death threats would have, what he said was "The courage not to fight". Robinson was that man.
On the DVD, Penny Marshall says of a deleted scene with Marla eating on the train that there was such a "warm" scene before she wanted to cut it. Unfortunately that clip isn't on RUclips anymore, but it's hilarious if you can find it..
True line, Rosie O'Donnell's character to Madonna's character: "Do you think there are men in this country who ain't seen your bosom?" I wonder if Rosie & Madonna came up with that on there own 🤔
Apparently there are more lines and moments in this movie that were improvised by the actors than anyone can count… for example: Madonna found the red hat in the wardrobe room and put it on cause you saw it match the dress well. When she comes out twirls around and Rosio Donald says the line that that dress is too tight it won’t fit you. That was the actual line that had been written should say anything about the hat because she didn’t notice anything about the hat. Then moments later “has anyone seen my new red hat?” was said Gena Davis was supposed to say something else also, but “piss on your new red hat” was improvised right then…. Penny Marshal had told the cast (especially the comedians in the cast, Jon Lovits, Rosie O’Donnell, & Tom Hanks ended up with the most) she told them not to force it but if you think something that feels more like it should be said… then say it!
7:40 was my favorite part of the film. I always cry. No one helped me. I sadly stood there and got laughed at my parents were never there. It was little league. They just picked dropped me off and picked me up
My grandmother played semi-professional softball and played for a team that they would have scouted and recruited from. They had pink satin uniforms with black lettering. Much of this was filmed around Evansville, Indiana not too far where we lived at the time. Several people went to be extras for the ball games and background characters. Madonna was given a house fully furnished, and when she left, she took (stole) a lot of things with her like the electronics.
The best way I could describe this movie is heartwarming. But this is one of those movies that when I'm flipping through the channels and I see this on I always finish it to the end.
The guy at the beginning of the movie, playing the talent scout, is Jon Lovitz. Jon Lovitz was on Saturday Night Live for many years as a former cast member. He is known as a talented comedian and actor. Once, I went to a Catholic mass for a cousin's first communion and the Priest giving the sermon looked and sounded like Jon Lovitz! It struck me as so funny, I couldn't stop laughing and almost got kicked out.
All The Way May was played by Madonna, and it was her song “This Used To Be My Playground” that was playing during the end credits. Very apropos. Love this movie, always gets me in the feels. A lot of people will recommend Kevin Costner’s Field Of Dreams as the best baseball movie ever, but for one thing, it’s not *really* a baseball movie. Kinda, but not really. Second, I think you’d really like his baseball movie Bull Durham much better. Also stars Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. It’s more of a drama, and has a love story, but it’s also really funny, and it’s where Tim and Susan met…they later got married. Costner also made another baseball movie that really good called For Love Of The Game. The Kevin Costner baseball movie trifecta… Other great baseball movies are The Natural, The Rookie (true story), Moneyball(true story), 41(true story), 62,(true story) Eight Men Out(true story), The Bad News Bears (comedy, old or remake-both good), and Major League(comedy).
@@user-ny1ji3vw6ythey know Madonna; they may just not know her from the 80s. Everyone knows Hanks; still making features and channels are always reacting to his countless entries on YT.
This is one of those movies that hits everything just right. Plot, character development, it doesn’t get sidetracked with a forced love story, and the actors all have a great passion for the subject matter. It brought attention to the AAGPBL and its history. if I remember correctly, over 2,000 women auditioned hoping for even a minor part in this film.
Always loved this one. It got a little more special when at a friend of mine's mothers funeral I learned that she was a catcher and played in the league.
When they were doing that scene in the barnyard with Jon Lovitz and Lori Petty, the cow kept mooing during the take, and Lovitz would stop. Finally Penny Marshall told him that if it happened again, he should just tell the cow to shut up and keep going. He did, and it turned into one of the numerous classic moments in the movie! Thanks for an excellent reaction vid!
The reason you loved it from the opening moments is that it’s a Penny Marshall movie. She’s a wonderful director, and worth checking out. Big with Tom Hanks and the amazing Awakenings with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro are two must-watch movies by Penny.
Hey Dawn! Glad u really enjoyed this movie. It's one of my favorite baseball movies. I have a couple of things to say. 1st thing is that the A.A.G.P.B.L. was started by chewing gum mogul Philip Wrigley, owner of Wrigley's Field (Stadium) in Chicago. He did establish the women's league for the same reason stated in the movie. It's considered a Midwestern league. Mr. Wrigley wanted the games to be within reasonable travel distance from Wrigley's Field. He ended up giving the league over to media mogul Arthur Meyerhoff who ran it from 1945 to 1950. From 1951 until the last season in 1954, the teams were independently owned. The AAGPBL lasted 12 seasons. They went thru a few alterations from ball size; distance between home plate to the pitching mound, distance between the bases, & pitching style. They actually didn't pitch overhand, like men's baseball until 1948. Underhand softball pitching was used from 1943 to 1946. In 1947, they experimented w/what they call sidearm pitching, but it ended up being troublesome. It wasn't until the last season of the league that the women played almost regulation baseball like the men. I say "almost" because the distance between the bases was still 5ft shy of regulation. They really did have to wear those ridiculous uniforms. They also had to attend Charm School in order to learn poise & etiquette. They had to follow a few strict rules. 1. No short hair. 2. No smoking/ drinking in public. 3. Must have lipstick on @ all times in public. 4. Absolutely no trousers. Punishment for an infraction of these rules went like this. 1st offense, they were fined $5. 2nd offense, they were fined $10. U have to remember in the beginning they were only getting $45-$85 a week depending upon their skill level. A 3rd infraction of the rules would get u suspended from play, but for how long, I don't know. They say a player cut her hair short, & was fired from the league. Getting back to the movie, the actress that portrayed Alice w/the huge scrape & bruise really did that, & they say it took about a whole year before it completely went away. The league theme song that they sang in the movie was the actual AAGPBL theme song, but w/a word change. The original "Irishmen" was used, but it was changed to "Irish ones" for the movie. Well, that's about all I have to say. Great reaction.
This is one of the best ensemble movies ever made, and a real peak for some of the stars like Madonna, and Rosie O'Donnell. Best performances they ever had.
This movie had a big impact on my hometown, Evansville Indiana. We have one of the few old-style baseball fields in the country. *Bosse Field* was redressed as 2 other stadiums for the movie. It's old brick walls have been around a long time! A lot of locals were extras in the stands and elsewhere. At 10:50 & 22:37 you can see *CRAWFORD DOOR SALES* behind Marla. That's a real business. They were going to repaint it to look pretty for the movie but the film company said it was perfect as is! The Hanks family was popular. Madonna... another story.
I like that song at the end this use to be my playground I listen to that song all the time this movie I can watch all the time and not get tied of it thank you for this reaction.
It was based on Rounders, but quite different rules. It was uniquely American for quite a long time, but has become international over the past six or so decades, so many players in professional baseball are now from around the world. The underhand pitching is softball, which was to alternative sport for ladies, as well as men. The movie is based on a real event, when during the war many of the professional men players went to war (WW2). The Women's league didn't last very long after they returned, but it's nice they were remembered. It's so fun watching you mix up American sports, it's really cute. We don't expect you to know this stuff, it's an ocean away. thanks for making it fun to watch it again!
"I might cry" - girl, you better hold on! The A.A.G.P.B.L., with various name changes, lasted a total of 12 seasons, and was limited to the US upper Midwest. Dottie hadn't left her room in the beginning as she had just lost hubby Bob a few months earlier (she was in mourning).
So, the underhand throw is used for "Softball" (Not actually a "Soft" ball, just a Larger ball) where an "Over-hand" pitch is used for Baseball. Ashtabula is both a County and a City in Ohio, USA. A thrown ball can definitely still hurt, even when wearing a mitt. Over the fence (Inbounds) means every one on base gets to score. Segregation was still rampant so the black lady would NOT have been allowed to play. The giant bruise on the Thigh/Butt was 100% real. "The 'hard' is what makes it great.'"
A LOT of the movie was filmed around the city I live in (Evansville, IN) and our historic Bosse Field. It is the 3rd oldest baseball stadium in America. I have season tix for our local team, the Evansville Otters.
You asked about the underhanded pitch at the beginning of the movie. They were playing softball. They pitch under hand like that, which is a more natural throwing motion. it does less damage to the arm
Gina Davis was also great in 'Beetlejuice' and 'Thelma and Louise'. I recently saw that she almost made the Olympics in 2000. She's a very talented archer.
Glad you loved this movie. My uncle was one of the trainers during the tryouts, we got to meet Geena Davis, Madonna and the rest of the cast. I know the behind the scenes secrets to the movie, like it being a man dressed as Geena Davis behind home plate throwing to second, because she couldn’t make the throw. Didn’t get to meet Tom Hanks though because he didn’t spend much time there.😢
Confirmed It was absolutely a real bruise . Please watch more comedies, I love when people genuinely laugh and you've got such an adorable laugh/giggle❤
There are nine positions - Pitcher, Catcher, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Basemen, Left Fielder, Right Fielder, Center Fielder, and Shortstop (between 2nd and 3rd base). So a team would need at least 9 people and generally more to allow for substitutions. The New York Yankees totally dominated baseball in this period; there was even a musical called "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant", because that almost never happened. The Yankees played in the American League. There were also National League teams called the New York Giants (who later moved to San Francisco) and the Brooklyn Dodgers (who later moved to Los Angeles). So there were three teams based in New York. The World Series is the series of games played at the end of the season, between the winners of the American and National Leagues.
There was a controversy about a particular moment in this film. In the scene where Dotty drops the ball sealing the victory for Kitt’s team many people argued over whether it was intentional or accidental. Personally I believe it was intentional. She dropped the ball in order to give Kitt’s team the victory and allow her sister to achieve the glory she craved. She did this because she cared about her sister above everything else, including her own team.
I'm just the opposite, why would Dotty tell her pitcher to throw the pitches high because "Kit can't lay off the high ones". That tells me Dotty wanted to win and Dotty is the type of person that wouldn't let her team lose just so Kit would feel better. If she did drop the ball on purpose she should have never come back to play.
I think she dropped it on purpose when she saw she got the hit. The tell is the beginning of the movie when she tells her older grandson to let his younger brother to win sometimes.
They filmed a lot of this in and around my hometown. It was a huge deal, and a lot of my friends got to be extras in the film. One of my schoolmates even had a line, but his scene got cut.
5:02 Always neat when I see him pop up, he played Superman's dad on 90's TV. This movie was known for the errors compared to actual history, they didn't have to run baseball length bases (only the size of a softball field.) You're correct that catching in a hat doesn't count, but it's done in lots of movies; however throwing the ball is a 'pitcher' not a bowler as it's called in cricket.
Loved your description of the old times Dawn, I'm sure many people yearn for that simple, nicer time. Also, I was an 80's teen and totally know what you mean.
This movie was filmed all around where I live. I don't have any celebrity stories from it, never saw any of the celebs. My cousin worked in a restaurant that Geena Davis went to a couple of times and a friend saw Madonna. She had a lot of people with her so he didn't even try to ask for autograph. I was working too much so I didn't get to be an extra in the crowd scenes
15:04 "Get her on the team!" This is a quick nod to racial segregation in baseball and in the US in general. The first black man played in the top baseball league in 1947.
Love to see Dawn laugh! I wonder, now that she knows Baseball inside and out, she would do with."Major League" one of the funniest baseball movies, EVER! Thanks Dawn, for sharing...wonderful as ever.
The thing I love about this film is it brings wonderful attention to the city of my birth, Racine, Wisconsin, a beautiful city on Lake Michigan with a wonderful history & these girls being part of that amazing history that I'm so proud of!!!!!!! The Racine Belles won the leagues first championship & they played their home games st Horlick Field, I went to highschool at Horlick!!! I love the city of Racine, I spent my whole youth trying to get out of it, but now I'm a Gen X guy I look very fondly upon my home town!!!👍😁😎. TCB⚡
As always, your reaction just makes me happy. I can't go more than 2-3 days without hearing your glorious laugh. Plus, I was born in Rockford so I had no choice but to watch. 😁
Possibly the most remembered line in the movie: "There's no crying in baseball. "
Not in the reaction, which is a bit disappointing
And we missed it in the edit :(
That or “avoid the clap” haha
The guy who wrote that says (DVD extra) he feels great whenever he hears it, because it was just a throwaway line to get out of that scene, and it became more famous than the whole movie.
@@marioserra4916Tom Hanks sure had some of the best lines.
Some of the old women in the end are the actual baseball players
You asked why elder Dottie's daughter said at the beginning that Dottie hadn't been leaving her room much. I suspect it has to do with what elder Dottie said toward the end: that she'd just lost her husband last winter.
I think that’s definitely why. That’s probably why Dottie is now living with her daughter, too.
The elderly ladies playing during the end credits were actual members of the women's league.
Jon Lovitz, the recruiter, is among the funniest men alive
@@kdpflush i hear he has seen morgon fairchild naked
@@flerbus Yeah, that's the ticket!
Dawn probably won't know him for his many years on "Saturday Night Live".
@@creech54she probably wasn't alive.
@@kdpflushFreaked me out for a second there - Jon Lovitz is not dead
100% TRUE...the girl's thigh bruise DID occur during filming
Yeah and it didn’t heal for a while. More than a year I think.
And the cow mooing was spontaneous too.
@@peatmoss4415 You mean to tell me that the cow wasn't an actor? Inconceivable!!!!
Hitting the ball over the fence is allowed. It's called a " Home Run".
It generally means automatic runs (points) on the board.
It's not just allowed, heck it's the main objective of the game.
@@jeg1353 The main objective of the game is to score runs, hitting a home run is merely one way to accomplish that goal.
@@graciefolden2359Sabremetricians would argue the primary objective is to not record an out. 😉
Why do these dumb reviewers, who know absolutely nothing about what they are watching, ask these silly questions? Just shut up and watch it and all will be revealed....
Dottie stayed in her room because her husband passed away "just last winter" and was closing herself off, dealing with her pain.
"All-the-way May" was Madonna, who also sang the end song "this used to be my Playground".
FANTASTIC REACTION!
It's nice to see Bill Pullman get the girl in a movie featuring Tom Hanks.
Memories of Sleepless in Seattle
Penny Marshall did a great job directing this movie
Definitely. She oversaw a classic!
I also like that she included several cast mates from her TV Show "Laverne & Shirley". Her brother Garry Marshall plays Walter Harvey, David L. Lander who was "Squiggy" on L&S is the Game Announcer and actor Eddie Mekka who played Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa on L&S is one of the GI's swing dancing in the bar.
It was the first movie with a female director to make over $100 million in U.S./Canada.
Best sports movie of all time.
Every single reactor says the same thing in the Marla Hooch scene at the beginning. "They should be outside practicing" without noticing 10 seconds before that it's POURING RAIN outside the gym.
yeah. Why do they not get that? Its raining people!!!! Every time I see one say that I have to scream at the screen 'its RAINING!'
Yep, every single one
That just shows you how far baseball has fallen. They probably never even heard of a rain delay.
Thanks Madame President Of The World! GEENA DAVIS was not only a world-class model, she made herself into an Archer and even qualified for the US Championships before the Sydney Summer Olympics .. .. She finished #24 in the country but did go to Sydney eventually as a wild-card entry into the Archery Exhibition at the Olympics .. ..
She's also a Mensa member.
yes, Bona fide Mensa member.
13:00.......Those are signs, Dawn. Every baseball team uses their own. It's like a code, so the players can talk to each other without the other team knowing what they're saying.
Unless they are playing the Astros😜😁
. Exactly!😂
Yep, you're right! That absolutely was a real bruise! I've never had one that bad myself, but my mom did. It took almost a whole year to get back to normal. Crazy.
The women playing during the credits, were actually surviving members of the women's professional baseball league.
"Theres No Crying In Baseball!!!”
"By the way I loved you in the Wizard of Oz."
NO CRYING!! 🤬
Geena Davis actually caught that fastball with her bare hand.
She's really one of a kind. ❤
May I interest you in a sport called cricket. It would blow your mind.
@@VonBlade I doubt it. The only thing more boring than baseball is cricket. 😆
Geena Davis took up archery at the age of 41, and got so good so quickly that she damn near made the 2000 Olympic archery team.
@@Video_Crow im now going to watch " Long Kiss Goodnight" it happens everytime i see a Geena Davis movie
@@LeviBoldock they meannn, in cricket,,, they catch every ball bare handed, so whoop de woo!!
also this is softball it aint even hardball baseball 🎉
Baseball hits many Americans right in the feels. We grew up playing catch with dad, wearing team uniforms, scraping knees and wearing caps that screwed up our hair all summer long. It was heaven.
Who did that?😂
American kids (mostly fellows) mowed lawns, delivered newspapers on a bicycle, did errands for Mom & Dad to earn allowance money so they could buy and collect baseball cards, maybe go to a game with Dad and/or Brothers. Sweat Equity was collected and used for entertainment, and baseball was around the states in both major and minor leagues. Television networks started broadcasting baseball games to feed the flames of the public's interest!
12:59 certain hand signals are unique and predetermined, typically by the coach, to tell the batter and base runners what they need to do. Everything extra means nothing and is just to keep the signals from being known by the opposing team
Love that you're relating baseball to rounders and cricket (when you called the pitcher a "bowler").
Baseball did evolve out of rounders, though nobody seems to know how. The only thing anybody seems certain of is that the Abner Doubleday legend is just a legend.
Cricket, from what little I know, has a lot of rules and confusing traditions compared to rounders/baseball. Although the Infield Fly Ball rule in baseball still baffles me today. Amazingly, earlier this year the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was hosted by the US, Canada and the West Indies. There is a small league here in America that started up in 2023 and this was an attempt to make cricket more popular in the USA. The US team, which has a lot of players of South Asian, descent did better than expected. In the first game in Grand Prairie, Texas (about 5 miles from my home), we beat Canada. An even bigger upset was when USA defeated Pakistan in overtime. The US got knocked out by South Africa, West Indies and some country called England. Not so surprisingly, India won the championship overall.
@@ronbo11every sport has confusing rules and traditions if you’re not familiar with it.
@@ronbo11 Without the infield fly rule, it would be too easy to get a double play. Catch the ball then double the runner off first if he did run. If he didn't run, drop the ball and immediately get the lead runner at second, then get the batter going to first because you can't have 2 people on the same base.
15:18.......That bruise is real, Dawn. No makeup there. She really hurt it sliding into a base.
@Daw.nMarie 😂😂😂😂
"what does that mean when its over the fence? Does that even count" You are so entertaining !!! funny
I thought that was SO adorable. So innocent! 😊
4:08.....It was improvised, Dawn. The cow wouldn't stop mooing while they were filming, and Jon Lovitz yelled at her in frustration.
HEY! This is the POST Mehtoo aka You Do Not Yell at Cow! (Hrmph!)
@@dallesamllhals9161 I, myself, do not like yelling at cows. Or any other animals.
@@tomstanziola1982 ..not even ♂animals? Oh my in 2024...
12:09 “Can’t we do both?” is on my list for most baller lines ever delivered on film.
Kid's an absolute legend
😂
When the ball goes over the fence, the batter and base runners instantly score.
It is called a Homerun.
If a player is on each base when this happens, earning four runs or points, it is called a Grand Slam.
Another upload by Dawn Marie. She will be laughing and giggling, and it will be the best part of my day.
No lies detected!
@@davewhitmore1958I ABSOLUTELY 100 PERCENT AGREE!!!!!!! Her beautiful laugh is infectious, so pleasant, if she could bottle it & sell it, she'd be a trillionaire!!!!!!!
Yes we wish she was out next door neighbor, anyone with a laugh like that will save the world.
Director Penny Marshall included several cast mates from her TV Show "Laverne & Shirley". Her brother Garry Marshall plays Walter Harvey, David L. Lander who was "Squiggy" on L&S is the Game Announcer and actor Eddie Mekka who played Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa on L&S is one of the GI's swing dancing in the bar.
The GI w/Madonna was Eddie Mekka. He also danced on Laverne & Shirley.😊 That was one of my favorite shows as a kid along w/ Happy Days & Charlie's Angels.😄
"Lovely" is the perfect descriptor for this film. It's simply enjoyable and makes you feel good.
Yes, that was a real bruise. Ouch.
When the black lady throws the ball back from distance with absolute heat on it hurting her hand it's a testament to how awful it was that they weren't able to play. Avoid the clap.
That's good advice!
The women's teams did not play in America's larger cities; the smaller cities could support a minor/women's league team better and contribute to the "local" economy and entertainment opportunities.
The All American Girls Professional Baseball League, lasted from 1943-1954! The Kalamazoo Lassies, won the last championship. Actually, the ladies played softball, that first year, and then switched to baseball in 1944. I read an article about the film, and the interviewer asked someone, if any of the actresses were actually good players. Yes, was the reply. Lorie Petty, was very good! The old women, who were playing, at the end of the film, were the real members of the AAGPBL.
Actually, the AAGBL went thru a few alterations from ball size; distance between home plate & pitching mound; distance between bases & way of pitching. They did not start overhand pitching like the men's baseball until 1948. In 1947, they tried sidearm pitching, but figured out it was a terrible idea. It wasn't until the last Season that the women played almost regular baseball. I say "almost" because the distance between the bases was 5ft short of men's baseball regulation.
“I always always went for a home run, every single time.”
“What does that mean if it’s over the fence, is that allowed?”
Huh…
My guess is that hitting the ball over the fence in rounders may not be as common. A “homerun” is technically just touching all bases regardless of where the ball is.
That’s my guess on why she asked that.
She's Scottish, she didn't grow up with the game.
Also rounders is usually just played on any type of field, and not specially built pitches.
@@AlltelJohnny12 In rounders, do they call it a home run?
This was a real baseball league. As the story tells, they started women's baseball when the men were drafter or enlisted during World War II. I met one of these great ladies....not in depicted in this movie but from one of the other teams. The cow kept mooing and he complained to Penny Marshall, the director. She told him to tell the cow to shut up, so he did and she kept it in the movie. For the casting call, they told anyone that couldn't play baseball, do not apply because they didn't have time to teach them.
Love the reaction to the movies you watch. You're so cute. The scene where Betty gets the Western Union chokes me up every time. This is based on true events during World War II.
"I might cry"
I should think so...I still tear up at it and I know what's coming.
*"There's no crying in baseball!!"* 😁
BTW, "There's no crying in Baseball." As the final credits were rolling, those were the real veterans of the AAGPBL playing a game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, the home of the Baseball Hall Of Fame. As for the bruise, sure, why not, there are plenty of bruises in Baseball.
I used to love playing Rounders at school and whilst there are some distinct differences between Rounders and Baseball it's the closest i ever got to playing Baseball
The Bad News Bears (1976) is Dawns kind of movie
The Pride Of The Yankees is a really great baseball movie staring Gary Cooper.
And also costars Walter Brennan.
Fun Fact: In real life Geena Davis is an Olympic level archer 🏹
Well at 68yrs probably not, she Was an Olympic level Archer in 2000 though.
"What does it mean if it's over the fence? Is that allowed?" It's good to be reminded here in the USA that some people don't know baseball. 🤣
*most* people probably don’t know baseball 😂
There's No Crying In Baseball Such an Iconic Line Also Want To Say That The Song 'This Used To Be My Playground' by Madonna Is Just Superb. Thing This Film Is One Of Those Hidden Gems a Great Cast Too Glad You Enjoyed This Dawn.
29:23 - There's that reason; but she's a very recent widow, too: remember she tells Marla her husband died just that winter.
Incidentally, the African American woman who threw the ball so very well could not, in the 1940s join the League. It wasn't until Jackie Robinson was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, by Branch Rickey, in 1947, the color barrier to the Major League was broken. It was horrendously rough for Robinson, and Rickey knew that it would be for whoever was signed. He needed a man who, in the face of attacks, balls to the head, spikes to the legs, and even death threats would have, what he said was "The courage not to fight". Robinson was that man.
That is why "42" is a MUST future video watch!
@@Dontuween And that means also "The Jackie Robinson Story", with Robinson playing himself.
On the DVD, Penny Marshall says of a deleted scene with Marla eating on the train that there was such a "warm" scene before she wanted to cut it. Unfortunately that clip isn't on RUclips anymore, but it's hilarious if you can find it..
True line, Rosie O'Donnell's character to Madonna's character: "Do you think there are men in this country who ain't seen your bosom?" I wonder if Rosie & Madonna came up with that on there own 🤔
When Madonna got up to leave at " No men".
Apparently there are more lines and moments in this movie that were improvised by the actors than anyone can count… for example: Madonna found the red hat in the wardrobe room and put it on cause you saw it match the dress well. When she comes out twirls around and Rosio Donald says the line that that dress is too tight it won’t fit you. That was the actual line that had been written should say anything about the hat because she didn’t notice anything about the hat. Then moments later “has anyone seen my new red hat?” was said Gena Davis was supposed to say something else also, but “piss on your new red hat” was improvised right then…. Penny Marshal had told the cast (especially the comedians in the cast, Jon Lovits, Rosie O’Donnell, & Tom Hanks ended up with the most) she told them not to force it but if you think something that feels more like it should be said… then say it!
@@suzanh2813 Awesome, thanks for the info.✌
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7:40 was my favorite part of the film. I always cry. No one helped me. I sadly stood there and got laughed at my parents were never there. It was little league. They just picked dropped me off and picked me up
Sorry that happened to you. That's probably my favorite part of the movie too.
"I like pigs" well I'm available 😂😂😂😂
My grandmother played semi-professional softball and played for a team that they would have scouted and recruited from. They had pink satin uniforms with black lettering. Much of this was filmed around Evansville, Indiana not too far where we lived at the time. Several people went to be extras for the ball games and background characters. Madonna was given a house fully furnished, and when she left, she took (stole) a lot of things with her like the electronics.
The best way I could describe this movie is heartwarming. But this is one of those movies that when I'm flipping through the channels and I see this on I always finish it to the end.
Same here.
The guy at the beginning of the movie, playing the talent scout, is Jon Lovitz. Jon Lovitz was on Saturday Night Live for many years as a former cast member. He is known as a talented comedian and actor. Once, I went to a Catholic mass for a cousin's first communion and the Priest giving the sermon looked and sounded like Jon Lovitz! It struck me as so funny, I couldn't stop laughing and almost got kicked out.
All The Way May was played by Madonna, and it was her song “This Used To Be My Playground” that was playing during the end credits. Very apropos.
Love this movie, always gets me in the feels. A lot of people will recommend Kevin Costner’s Field Of Dreams as the best baseball movie ever, but for one thing, it’s not *really* a baseball movie. Kinda, but not really. Second, I think you’d really like his baseball movie Bull Durham much better. Also stars Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. It’s more of a drama, and has a love story, but it’s also really funny, and it’s where Tim and Susan met…they later got married. Costner also made another baseball movie that really good called For Love Of The Game. The Kevin Costner baseball movie trifecta…
Other great baseball movies are The Natural, The Rookie (true story), Moneyball(true story), 41(true story), 62,(true story) Eight Men Out(true story), The Bad News Bears (comedy, old or remake-both good), and Major League(comedy).
The Natural is my favorite.
It's weird when young reactors watch this film without knowing Madonna or Rosie O'Donnell. Geez, some probably don't know Tom Hanks! lol!
@@user-ny1ji3vw6ythey know Madonna; they may just not know her from the 80s. Everyone knows Hanks; still making features and channels are always reacting to his countless entries on YT.
The only thing this film needed was more John Lovitz.
Am I the only one who starts with a great big thumbs up before I even watch cause I already know it's gonna be a great reaction?
This is one of those movies that hits everything just right. Plot, character development, it doesn’t get sidetracked with a forced love story, and the actors all have a great passion for the subject matter. It brought attention to the AAGPBL and its history. if I remember correctly, over 2,000 women auditioned hoping for even a minor part in this film.
Always loved this one. It got a little more special when at a friend of mine's mothers funeral I learned that she was a catcher and played in the league.
Penny Marshall (RIP) was such an underrated director. Another great movie she directed was Awakenings (1990) with Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro.
I'm not that cracked on *Awakenings,* but I think *Renaissance Man* is superb.
She also directed another movie with Tom Hanks. "BIG" that I think she would find lovely and funny.
I think, that she's known by many film buffs as a great director. I wouldn't characterize her as underrated.
@@sparky6086 I'm talking about the general public.
@@thegorn68 Okay.
When they were doing that scene in the barnyard with Jon Lovitz and Lori Petty, the cow kept mooing during the take, and Lovitz would stop. Finally Penny Marshall told him that if it happened again, he should just tell the cow to shut up and keep going. He did, and it turned into one of the numerous classic moments in the movie! Thanks for an excellent reaction vid!
A baseball movie I would recommend is The Natural. It has a King Arthur type theme around the story. I find it a really good movie.
gotta jump to the other end of the pool after League of their Own.... time for some Major League
@@this.is.a.username True. Got to go with that one too.
It's really bad. If by "King Arthur type theme" you mean that women are bad corrupting influences there is a lot more to King Arthur.
The reason you loved it from the opening moments is that it’s a Penny Marshall movie.
She’s a wonderful director, and worth checking out.
Big with Tom Hanks and the amazing Awakenings with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro are two must-watch movies by Penny.
Hey Dawn! Glad u really enjoyed this movie. It's one of my favorite baseball movies. I have a couple of things to say.
1st thing is that the A.A.G.P.B.L. was started by chewing gum mogul Philip Wrigley, owner of Wrigley's Field (Stadium) in Chicago. He did establish the women's league for the same reason stated in the movie. It's considered a Midwestern league. Mr. Wrigley wanted the games to be within reasonable travel distance from Wrigley's Field. He ended up giving the league over to media mogul Arthur Meyerhoff who ran it from 1945 to 1950. From 1951 until the last season in 1954, the teams were independently owned.
The AAGPBL lasted 12 seasons. They went thru a few alterations from ball size; distance between home plate to the pitching mound, distance between the bases, & pitching style. They actually didn't pitch overhand, like men's baseball until 1948. Underhand softball pitching was used from 1943 to 1946. In 1947, they experimented w/what they call sidearm pitching, but it ended up being troublesome. It wasn't until the last season of the league that the women played almost regulation baseball like the men. I say "almost" because the distance between the bases was still 5ft shy of regulation.
They really did have to wear those ridiculous uniforms. They also had to attend Charm School in order to learn poise & etiquette. They had to follow a few strict rules. 1. No short hair. 2. No smoking/ drinking in public. 3. Must have lipstick on @ all times in public. 4. Absolutely no trousers. Punishment for an infraction of these rules went like this. 1st offense, they were fined $5. 2nd offense, they were fined $10. U have to remember in the beginning they were only getting $45-$85 a week depending upon their skill level. A 3rd infraction of the rules would get u suspended from play, but for how long, I don't know. They say a player cut her hair short, & was fired from the league.
Getting back to the movie, the actress that portrayed Alice w/the huge scrape & bruise really did that, & they say it took about a whole year before it completely went away.
The league theme song that they sang in the movie was the actual AAGPBL theme song, but w/a word change. The original "Irishmen" was used, but it was changed to "Irish ones" for the movie.
Well, that's about all I have to say. Great reaction.
This is one of the best ensemble movies ever made, and a real peak for some of the stars like Madonna, and Rosie O'Donnell. Best performances they ever had.
"That was a really long one"...
That's what she said...
This movie had a big impact on my hometown, Evansville Indiana. We have one of the few old-style baseball fields in the country. *Bosse Field* was redressed as 2 other stadiums for the movie. It's old brick walls have been around a long time! A lot of locals were extras in the stands and elsewhere.
At 10:50 & 22:37 you can see *CRAWFORD DOOR SALES* behind Marla. That's a real business. They were going to repaint it to look pretty for the movie but the film company said it was perfect as is! The Hanks family was popular. Madonna... another story.
I like that song at the end this use to be my playground I listen to that song all the time this movie I can watch all the time and not get tied of it thank you for this reaction.
There's no crying in MOVIE REACTIONS!!!
This movie is infinitely rewatchable. I've genuinely seen it like 60 times since I was 9.
It was based on Rounders, but quite different rules. It was uniquely American for quite a long time, but has become international over the past six or so decades, so many players in professional baseball are now from around the world. The underhand pitching is softball, which was to alternative sport for ladies, as well as men. The movie is based on a real event, when during the war many of the professional men players went to war (WW2). The Women's league didn't last very long after they returned, but it's nice they were remembered. It's so fun watching you mix up American sports, it's really cute. We don't expect you to know this stuff, it's an ocean away. thanks for making it fun to watch it again!
baseball was actually invented by the brits
@@AUmica01 Alexander Cartwright would argue with you. Not many Brits even know it exists.
The best ever Baseball movie is Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) and James Earl Jones (the voice of Darth Vader)
"I might cry" - girl, you better hold on! The A.A.G.P.B.L., with various name changes, lasted a total of 12 seasons, and was limited to the US upper Midwest. Dottie hadn't left her room in the beginning as she had just lost hubby Bob a few months earlier (she was in mourning).
So, the underhand throw is used for "Softball" (Not actually a "Soft" ball, just a Larger ball) where an "Over-hand" pitch is used for Baseball.
Ashtabula is both a County and a City in Ohio, USA.
A thrown ball can definitely still hurt, even when wearing a mitt.
Over the fence (Inbounds) means every one on base gets to score.
Segregation was still rampant so the black lady would NOT have been allowed to play.
The giant bruise on the Thigh/Butt was 100% real.
"The 'hard' is what makes it great.'"
A LOT of the movie was filmed around the city I live in (Evansville, IN) and our historic Bosse Field. It is the 3rd oldest baseball stadium in America. I have season tix for our local team, the Evansville Otters.
I know from childhood Topps cards that Evansville is the birthplace of Donnie Baseball.
@@MikeHarvey-ol7xr Bosse Field is on Mattingly Way
@@BryanH63 That is awesome. Thanks for sharing that as well.
3:59 You’re right, this actually was improvised, and Penny Marshall liked it so much, that it stayed in the movie.
You asked about the underhanded pitch at the beginning of the movie. They were playing softball. They pitch under hand like that, which is a more natural throwing motion. it does less damage to the arm
Gina Davis was also great in 'Beetlejuice' and 'Thelma and Louise'. I recently saw that she almost made the Olympics in 2000. She's a very talented archer.
Glad you loved this movie. My uncle was one of the trainers during the tryouts, we got to meet Geena Davis, Madonna and the rest of the cast. I know the behind the scenes secrets to the movie, like it being a man dressed as Geena Davis behind home plate throwing to second, because she couldn’t make the throw. Didn’t get to meet Tom Hanks though because he didn’t spend much time there.😢
One of my favourite movies, Dawn. I was so glad to see that you reviewed it.
Excellent movie! We knew a woman who was in the Milwaukee Chicks in the AAGPBL. Her baseball stories were so much fun to listen to.
29:00 She hadn't been leaving her room since her husband died.
There's no crying! There's no crying in baseball movie reactions!!! 😊
Confirmed It was absolutely a real bruise . Please watch more comedies, I love when people genuinely laugh and you've got such an adorable laugh/giggle❤
A wholesome movie. Madonna, Hanks, Gina Davis, and all the others quite a cast for sure.
There are nine positions - Pitcher, Catcher, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Basemen, Left Fielder, Right Fielder, Center Fielder, and Shortstop (between 2nd and 3rd base). So a team would need at least 9 people and generally more to allow for substitutions.
The New York Yankees totally dominated baseball in this period; there was even a musical called "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant", because that almost never happened.
The Yankees played in the American League. There were also National League teams called the New York Giants (who later moved to San Francisco) and the Brooklyn Dodgers (who later moved to Los Angeles). So there were three teams based in New York.
The World Series is the series of games played at the end of the season, between the winners of the American and National Leagues.
One of my favorite Baseball movies along with The Natural, The Sandlot and Bull Durham.
"Filthy wee boy!" had me rolling!
Loved that 🥰
This movie was too wholesome.
Madonna is an underrated actress. She's a pop star with no formal training, and she had a pretty big run of films in the 80's and 90's.
There was a controversy about a particular moment in this film. In the scene where Dotty drops the ball sealing the victory for Kitt’s team many people argued over whether it was intentional or accidental. Personally I believe it was intentional. She dropped the ball in order to give Kitt’s team the victory and allow her sister to achieve the glory she craved. She did this because she cared about her sister above everything else, including her own team.
I'm just the opposite, why would Dotty tell her pitcher to throw the pitches high because "Kit can't lay off the high ones". That tells me Dotty wanted to win and Dotty is the type of person that wouldn't let her team lose just so Kit would feel better. If she did drop the ball on purpose she should have never come back to play.
I think she dropped it on purpose when she saw she got the hit. The tell is the beginning of the movie when she tells her older grandson to let his younger brother to win sometimes.
The male dancer was a song dance singer actor guy and a regular on Happy days and specially Laverne and Shirley!
Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa - "You know I'd go from rags to riches" played by Eddie Mekka.
They filmed a lot of this in and around my hometown. It was a huge deal, and a lot of my friends got to be extras in the film. One of my schoolmates even had a line, but his scene got cut.
5:02 Always neat when I see him pop up, he played Superman's dad on 90's TV. This movie was known for the errors compared to actual history, they didn't have to run baseball length bases (only the size of a softball field.) You're correct that catching in a hat doesn't count, but it's done in lots of movies; however throwing the ball is a 'pitcher' not a bowler as it's called in cricket.
Loved your description of the old times Dawn, I'm sure many people yearn for that simple, nicer time. Also, I was an 80's teen and totally know what you mean.
This movie was filmed all around where I live. I don't have any celebrity stories from it, never saw any of the celebs. My cousin worked in a restaurant that Geena Davis went to a couple of times and a friend saw Madonna. She had a lot of people with her so he didn't even try to ask for autograph. I was working too much so I didn't get to be an extra in the crowd scenes
15:04 "Get her on the team!" This is a quick nod to racial segregation in baseball and in the US in general. The first black man played in the top baseball league in 1947.
The first black player in the modern era, Jackie Robinson, played in the major leagues in 1947. There were a few black players on teams prior to 1900.
Love to see Dawn laugh! I wonder, now that she knows Baseball inside and out, she would do with."Major League" one of the funniest baseball movies, EVER! Thanks Dawn, for sharing...wonderful as ever.
"No skin off my Ashtabula." Ashtabula is a Lake Erie port in Ohio, between Cleveland and Erie, PA.
Tom Hanks did a wonderful job as the drunk uncle on family ties
The thing I love about this film is it brings wonderful attention to the city of my birth, Racine, Wisconsin, a beautiful city on Lake Michigan with a wonderful history & these girls being part of that amazing history that I'm so proud of!!!!!!! The Racine Belles won the leagues first championship & they played their home games st Horlick Field, I went to highschool at Horlick!!! I love the city of Racine, I spent my whole youth trying to get out of it, but now I'm a Gen X guy I look very fondly upon my home town!!!👍😁😎. TCB⚡
I remember playing baseball in high school and I miss it a lot.
best line ever .... theres no crying in baseball!!!
As always, your reaction just makes me happy. I can't go more than 2-3 days without hearing your glorious laugh. Plus, I was born in Rockford so I had no choice but to watch. 😁