A League of Their Own (1992)
Ann Cusack: Shirley Baker - Left Fielder
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Quotes
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Helen Haley : [the girls are checking the team lists] Hi. Can you read, honey?
Shirley Baker : [crying] No.
Helen Haley : All right... what's your name?
Shirley Baker : Shirley Baker.
Helen Haley : Shirley Baker... Shirley Baker... okay, let's take a look.
[scans the lists]
Helen Haley : This is you! You're with us! You're a Rockford Peach!
Charlie Collins, Racine Coach : Go join your team.
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Mae Mordabito : [Mae helps Shirley learn to read] Sound it out...
Shirley Baker : Kimm...
Mae Mordabito : Kimono.
Shirley Baker : Kimono, kimono. Off. And. Gr - Gra - Grabb"d.
Mae Mordabito : Grabbed.
Shirley Baker : Her. M - mi - mil - mil - milky, milky. White, white. Milky white.
Evelyn Gardner : Mae. What are you giving her to read?
Mae Mordabito : Oh, what the difference does it make? She's reading, okay? That's the important thing. Now go away, go, shoo, shoo. Go ahead, Shirley, you're doing good.
Shirley Baker : Thanks, Mae. Milky white bre - breasts.
[Gives Mae a surprised look]
Mae Mordabito : It gets really good after that. Look. The delivery boy walks in...
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Charlie Collins, Racine Coach : Okay, come on. We got a lot to do, let's settle down. You are the first...
[Sees Shirley Baker over at the lists]
Charlie Collins, Racine Coach : Honey, are you supposed to be here or are you on the cut list?
[Shirley doesn't respond]
Charlie Collins, Racine Coach : Look, I'm sorry, but if you're cut, you have to leave the field.
Shirley Baker : [Almost in tears] Mm-hmm
Charlie Collins, Racine Coach : Well, are you cut? Oh, just look on the list. It's either Rockford, Racine, Kenosha, or South Bend.
[Shirtley turns to the lists, starting cry, as Helen Haley approaches her]
Helen Haley : Hi.
Shirley Baker : Hi.
Helen Haley : Um, can you read, honey?
Helen Haley : Alright. What's your name?
Shirley Baker : Shirley Baker.
Helen Haley : Shirley Baker. Let's have a look.
[She looks at the Rockford Peaches list first and spots Shirley's name]
Helen Haley : This is you.
[Shirley laughs happily]
Helen Haley : You're with us. You're a Rockford Peach.
Charlie Collins, Racine Coach : [Smiling] Go join your team.
[Shirley joins the Rockford Peaches, sitting down next to Marla]
Charlie Collins, Racine Coach : Now, you are the first girls in the All American Girls Profession Baseball League. My name is Charlie Collins. I'll be managing the Racine team when the season begins.
[Racine team cheers]
Charlie Collins, Racine Coach : Now, at the end of practice today, you're all gonna be fitted for your uniforms and this is what they're gonna look like. Pretty darned nifty if you ask me.
[Model walks up on the platform in a wool uniform complete with a miniskirt]
Unnamed Ball Player #1 : You can't slide in that!
Doris Murphy : Hey, that's a dress!
Mae Mordabito : It's half a dress! Excuse me, but that's not a baseball uniform!
Doris Murphy : Yeah, what do you think we are? Baseball players or ballerinas?
Kit Keller : [to Dottie] It's awfully short.
Dottie Hinson : Short? I'm gonna have to squat in that thing.
Unnamed Ball Player #2 : I can't wear that. My husband'll kill me.
[Ira Lowenstein approaches]
Helen Haley : Excuse me, sir.
Ira Lowenstein : Ladies...
Shirley Baker : Excuse me.
Ira Lowenstein : If you can't play ball in this, you can't play ball with us. Now, there are 38 girls on a train ride home, who'll play in a bathing suit, if I ask them.
Mae Mordabito : Yeah, well, there are no pockets for my cigarettes.
[Doris laughs]
Ira Lowenstein : Ah, there is no smoking. There is also no drinking and no men.
[Mae gets up, angry, ready to leave, but Doris pulls Mae back down against her will, with Mae sitting back down, frustrated]
Ira Lowenstein : . All of your activities will be approved through your chaperones. And you will also be taking regular classes at Charm and Beauty school.
Doris Murphy : For what?
Ira Lowenstein : Every girl in this league is going to be a lady.
[Marla looks scared]
