“Hey batter batter batter… swing batter!”

“Hey, is that your sister out there in left field? Naked?!”

“You play ball like a GIRL!”

You say that like it's a bad thing...

This week’s double feature, A League of Their Own (1992) and The Sandlot (1993,) takes us to two very different diamonds, where the stakes are high and the legends are even higher.

Women building something lasting in a world that didn’t expect them to succeed, navigating sisterly competition, a life without their partners in wartime, and the complicated love between Dottie and Kit.

A group of boys staring down neighborhood mythology, kissing first crushes, and outrunning a beast for the prize of a priceless autographed baseball.

We talk about babes supporting babes, the emotional weight behind feeling "less than," and how strength can look like sacrifice… or like throwing a fastball in a skirt.

We break down the boys’ increasingly unhinged (and impressively creative) attempts to retrieve that legendary baseball, share behind-the-scenes movie facts from both films, and of course apply our Six Degree Rule to connect these two classics in ways you definitely didn’t see coming.

It’s sisterhood and summer friendship.

It’s rivalry and teamwork.

It’s empowerment, ingenuity, and elite trash talk.

It’s nostalgia. It’s chaos. It’s baseball.

(Intro music created for MWT by Grim Avenue)

A League of Their Own Movie Trivia Sources:

⁠Women's Health Mag⁠

⁠IMDb⁠

⁠Larry Lambert 269 Medium⁠

⁠Mental Floss⁠

⁠E Online⁠

⁠Fun Trivia⁠

The Sandlot Movie Trivia Sources:

⁠Mental Floss⁠

⁠Dugout Mugs⁠

⁠Sports Illustrated