Canuck

  Monday, 22 December 2003

Canadian ball star gave U.S. someone to cheer < 9:05:37 PM>.

[GAM-National] 'She had the winning combination that made her the embodiment of All-American virtues, according to 1992's Girls of Summer: In Their Own League, and proved the inspiration for one of the characters in the Hollywood film A League of Their Own, released the same year.

The movie, starring Tom Hanks, Madonna and Geena Davis, presented fictitious characters, composites of those who played in the league, but many have pegged Dottie Hinson, the role played by Ms. Davis, as the spitting image of Mrs. Baker.'