The film (and series) was inspired by a documentary of the same title, made by Kim Wilson and Kelly Canaele, whose mother Helen was a player in the AAGPBL.īut there’s more to the history of the AAGPBL than A League of Their Own. It’s possible that many viewers don’t realize that the story it depicts - of young women across America being recruited to play professional ball during WWII, when most athletic young men were serving in the military - is based on facts. Now, Amazon is releasing a television version of A League of Their Own, starring D’Arcy Carden and Abbi Jacobsen as players for the Rockford Peaches - a team in the 1940s-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) - and Nick Offerman as their curmudgeonly manager.
Ever since its release in 1992, the women’s baseball film A League of Their Own established itself as an instant classic, beloved by sporty girls, baseball fans, and everyone in-between.
