“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 str ...