A League of Their Own Page #8

If the lead-off hitter gets on,

they're gonna bunt. Be ready. All right.

Now, I'd like to...

I'd like to lead you all in a prayer.

- Come on.

- A prayer?

- A what?

- Come on.

- Yes, a little prayer. Come on!

- Is he serious?

- Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost.

- Okay, good, good.

Lord...

...hallowed be thy name.

May our feet be swift.

May our bats be mighty.

May our balls...

...be plentiful.

And, Lord...

...I'd just like to thank you

for that waitress in South Bend.

You know who she is.

She kept calling your name.

And, God...

...these are good girls,

and they work hard.

Help them see it all the way through.

Okay, that's it.

- Let's go.

- Amen.

Okay.

Go...

...Peaches!

Last game. Now or never, ladies.

Alice, you're killing me.

You're killing me, Alice!

You're goddamn killing me!

Well, this is it, folks.

One game for the whole ball of string.

There is no tomorrow.

Someone will walk out

league champions...

...and someone else

will just walk out.

You're gonna lose!

You're gonna lose!

Stilwell! Come here!

Evelyn!

You keep that kid away from me

for just one game!

- Stilwell, come here.

- Ellen Sue, how's it looking?

- Good.

- Feeling good? Looking good!

- Nice and warm?

- Warm.

Good. Alice, if Ellen Sue doesn't have

anything, don't keep it a secret.

You tell me. You tell me right away.

You understand me?

Do you hear me?!

Yeah, you're screaming. I hear you.

Where'd you come from?

We got as far as Yellowstone Park

and turned back.

Have trouble with the bears, did you?

I was fine until that scout

walked into our barn. I'm no quitter.

Wait. Wait a minute! Hold it!

Who said you could play?

Alice has been catching

for us the last six games.

She looks pretty good.

You don't want me to play?

Well, you're already dressed.

Hell, if you want to play...

...I don't care.

You can play.

- Well, then, I'll play.

- Okay.

Good.

- Fine.

- Fine. Go play.

Hey, Jimmy.

You look like sh*t.

Don't you ever shave?

- You're gonna lose! You're gonna lose!

- We're gonna win.

- We're gonna win!

- You're gonna lose!

You're gonna lose!

You stink!

You're gonna lose! You're...

Got him!

Blue! Lineup change!

- It's okay. He's okay.

- Evelyn, he deserved it.

Stilwell, you gonna stay out here

or come in the dugout?

Okay. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Strike!

- You're out!

- All right!

Come on! Come on, Evelyn!

Three! Three!

Strike!

You're out!

- You're out!

- You're out, Brenda! You are out.

Go! Go! Go!

Heads up! Heads up!

- Yes.

- Good, Mae! Good catch!

Thank goodness.

- Go get them!

- All right, two down! Two down!

Base hit, right field.

Gardner's up with it.

Wallace'll stop at third.

Gardner's throw is way off line!

Evelyn! What are you do...?

Go, go, go! All the way, all the way!

I'm sorry! Shoot!

Wallace scampers home, and the Belles

take the lead, 1 to nothing!

They're dancing in the aisles

here in Racine!

Yeah!

Go Peaches, go Peaches!

Evelyn!

I know. I know.

I know.

You're still missing the cutoff man.

That's something I would like

you to work on...

...before next season.

Right. Okay.

All right. Thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Dugan. Thanks.

All right, let's get this one!

All right, come on!

We need some runs out there.

Come on, we need runs.

Make something happen, Mae!

All-the-Way Mae!

- They love her.

- Come on, now, let's go, let's go!

- Come on, now.

- Very cute. Thanks.

Come on, Mae. Come on, bring her in!

Come on, Kit.

- Safe!

- She's safe!

Way to play! Way to run!

Way to make something happen! Yeah!

Safe!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

You get a hit, I'll baby-sit

that little porker! Come on!

You're out!

Come on! Bring me home, Helen!

Bring me home.

- Out!

- Yes.

Peaches are down to their final out.

But with tying and go-ahead runs

in scoring position.

Big Dottie Hinson striding

to the plate.

Okay, let's get out of this inning!

Come on!

Let's go.

Throw smoke, Kit! Throw smoke!

Here's the pitch.

Bite me on the butt

and call me an apple!

She nearly took her head off!

- Get it in!

- Mordabito scores!

- Murphy, she will score!

- Throw it!

And Rockford has taken the lead,

2 to 1! Oh, doctor!

That's my wife!

It's okay, Kit! It's okay!

One more!

Keep it going!

Put it past the little queen here.

Put it past her.

Right past her!

There's a fly ball to left field.

On her horse. She'll have to

go for this one to the stands!

For the final out to retire the side.

But the damage has been done.

Right here in Racine,

Rockford leads our Belles, 2 to 1...

...as we go to the bottom of the 9th.

Come on, it's okay.

You gotta bat now. Relax!

Kit, one run and we are back

in this ball game.

Shake it off. You gotta hit.

It's okay, Kit.

Okay, come on now.

Make her pitch to you. Let's go.

Hey, come on. Strike her out.

Strike her out!

Bear down! Bear down now, blond girl!

Come on!

First pitch, she drives it

to deep center!

Mordabito goes back to the wall...

...and makes the catch!

Oh, beautiful catch!

Beautiful!

Gotlander's pitch...

...and it is in the dirt! Ball 1!

Ellen Sue, Ellen Sue, Ellen Sue!

That looked good to me, Ellen Sue!

Shake that one off now!

Shake that one off!

That ain't nothing!

That ain't nothing!

Gotlander, she delivers. And...

There's a ground ball

between first and second.

This ball has eyes.

Hendricks will go up at first

with a base hit.

That's all right. One down!

We got one down! Let's go!

Foul ball! Hinson's chasing after it.

Don't touch it!

Did she get it?

She got it! She got it!

There's no question who the star

of this game is.

Dottie Hinson has her team

one out from the title.

There you go. There you go!

Come on, Kit, you're up.

You're the hitter now. Let's go.

The last batter standing

in Rockford's way is Kit Keller.

Kit is 1 for 3 today.

- Can I have time-out?

- Time!

High fastballs. She can't hit them,

can't lay off them.

All right.

All right, if we just hold them now,

we got it! Come on!

Come on, Ellen Sue!

One, two, three! One, two, three!

Play ball!

- Strike!

- Swing and a miss. Strike 1!

Oh, yes! Yes! Thank you, God!

Lay off the high ones!

Here's the pitch.

Swing and a miss! Strike 2!

Ellen Sue!

One more! One more!

Here's the pitch.

And it's a long fly ball.

Back, back, back.

It falls in there!

No one'll get to this ball!

This should tie it up!

Hendricks is rounding third!

She will...

...score!

Keller is heading for third!

Gardner hits the relay man

with a frozen rope!

The coach is giving Keller the stop sign

at third! But she is not stopping!

She runs through the stop sign!

She is not stopping!

Here comes the throw!

It should be in time!

And...

Safe!

She is safe! I can't believe it!

Hinson dropped the ball!

The ball game is over!

Racine has won the game, 3 to 2...

...and the World Series!

Take me home, Mama,

and put me to bed!

I have seen enough to know

I have seen too much!

Kit, Kit, Kit, Kit.

Come on. You played a good game.

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