13. The actresses really needed to play hardball, coaching some eight hours a day, six days per week for seven-and-a-half months. “That bruise on Renee Coleman [backup catcher Alice Gaspers] from [sliding into base]—that was actual,” stated Reiner. “That was not one pinch of make-up. She had that bruise for, like, 10 years.”
14. In the meantime Anne Ramsay (first baseman Helen Haley), broke her nostril about two weeks earlier than filming began. “It was the primary day that we switched from modern-day mitts to genuine, classic mitts from the ’40s. The mitts have been restored a bit of bit, however they have been the unique offers. We have been in Chicago, the coach throws me the ball…and possibly the fourth time he threw it, it simply slips and hits me,” she shared. “They took me to the hospital, and we needed to reset it, and my nostril has by no means been the identical. However who cares!”
15. There have been a number of comfortable balls, although, for the sake of the crew. “You are truly hitting within the path of the digital camera crew,” Davis instructed USA At present. “For close-ups, these balls have been squishy. They appeared like actual baseballs, however they have been all spongy inside so we would not clock anybody.”
