Erin Carlson spins Baseball Women stories from the movie of "A League of Their Own". How Penny Marshall earned the respect of the AAGPBL, Stories of the All-American Players Tomboy & Director Penny Marshall moves from dancer to performing arts to Laverne & ShirleyTransition from Laverne to directorFrom BIG to Baseball Tom Hanks interprets Penny’s Bronx to the castBaseball Drill for 6 weeks with coaches in LAActresses who brought Athletic Talent to the field – Rosie O’Donnel, Lori Petty & Freddie SimpsonAll The Way Mae - Madonna could not hit, throw but was trainable per Joe RussoDebra Winger, originally cast as Dottie, leaves the team with $3 millionEnter Geena Davis – untapped athletic ability & a steely game face14:4 – Loop?Lori Petty & Kit brings it to the field but was concerned when Winger leftLori Petty & Geena Davis chemistry was strong onAAGPBL story is resurrected through the son of Helen Callaghan Candaele , the Ted Williams of BaseballCooperstown 1988 - The players were suspicious of what others may do with their storyPenny Marshall was kicked out of a AAGPBL banquetFortuitous Steakhouse dinner with AAGPBL players, Fort Wayne Daisies, Faye Dancer & Pepper Paire DavisMandel & Ganz – 2 great writers selected for the filmGiant Rolodex, Birthday parties with Carrie Fisher and “Bobby D” De Niro Marge & Helen – sisters from Vancouver leave the factories behind in 1944 and joined the Minneapolis Millerettes, later with the Daisies– template for Dottie and KitHelen was the “Ted Williams of Women’s Baseball”  Marge had to struggle to keep up with HelenKelly Candaele’s documentary on mother Helen & Aunt MargePenny Marshall & David Anspaugh Casting, location selection & costume design put together by David AnspaughAnspaugh, Hoosiers director, had a different sense of funny Studio replaces Anspaugh – heartbroken he had been a fan of the Fort Worth Daisies as a young man.Jimmie Foxx – Lois Youngens & other AAGPBL players had a different view of him than Tom Hanks portrayal of Jimmie Doogan.Marshall honored AAGPBL wishes to stop a Doogan & Dottie intimacy sceneGeena Davis leveling the playing field with Institute on Gender Media https://seejane.org/ Davis found her athletic muscle playing Dottie“A Little League of Their Own”Penny Marshall - plan to develop a biopic on Effa ManleyHealth issues kept Penny from doing moreWhatever happened to the “Pitch” seriesWho would you cast today in A League of Their Own todayGal Gadot as Dottie – the new Geena DavisTaylor Swift as Kit or Dottie – Travis Kelcie as an extraErin Carlson’s book – No Crying in Baseball click here can be found on Amazon  American Women’s Baseball Classic – members of the original AAGPBL teams will be there along with 60 of the top female baseball players in the world. Find BaseballBiz on www.baseballbizondeck.com & on iheartradio, Apple & Google podcasts @TheBaseballBiz on Twitter  Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"