The True Story Behind 'A League of Their Own'

When A League of Their Own was released in 1992, it brought attention to a women's professional baseball league that had disbanded nearly 40 years earlier. Based on the true story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which existed from 1943-1954, the film attempts to put the AAGPBL - which went from being a gimmick to save baseball from going extinct during WWII to a respected league that drew sizable crowds for years - in some sort of context. To read more about this, go here: https://www.ranker.com/list/a-league-of-their-own-true-historical-inspirations/tracey-graham?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=historypost&pgid=642850749204637&utm_campaign=a-league-of-their-own-true-historical&fbclid=IwAR3fwOl2Lxhh75kSn-4AVjEEqwRASN0im80fJQ30xWppqbDmG_sqrKkfb1M #baseballhistory #hollywood #weirdhistory