13. The
actresses truly
had
to
play
hardball,
training
some
eight
hours
a
day,
six
days
a
week
for
seven-and-a-half
months. “That bruise
on
Renee
Coleman
[backup
catcher
Alice
Gaspers]
from
[sliding
into
base]—that
was
real,”
said
Reiner. “That
was
not
one
pinch
of
makeup.
She
had
that
bruise
for,
like,
10
years.”
14.
Meanwhile
Anne
Ramsay
(first
baseman
Helen
Haley),
broke
her
nose
about
two
weeks
before
filming
started. “It
was
the
first
day
that
we
switched
from
modern-day
mitts
to
authentic,
vintage
mitts
from
the ’40s.
The
mitts
were
restored
a
little
bit,
but
they
were
the
original
deals.
We
were
in
Chicago,
the
coach
throws
me
the
ball…and
maybe
the
fourth
time
he
threw
it,
it
just
slips
and
hits
me,” Ramsay
shared. “They
took
me
to
the
hospital,
and
we
had
to
reset
it,
and
my
nose
has
never
been
the
same.
But
who
cares!”
15. There
were
a
few
soft
balls,
though,
for
the
sake
of
the
crew. “You’re
actually
hitting
in
the
direction
of
the
camera
crew,”
Davis
told USA
Today. “For
close-ups,
those
balls
were
squishy.
They
looked
like
real
baseballs,
but
they
were
all
spongy
inside
so
we
wouldn’t
clock
anyone.”
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