An Analysis of Dottie Hinson in a League of Their Own by Penny Marshall Essay

For my book report this quarter, I chose the movie A League of Their Own. This movie has a lot of characters but the one that stands out the most to me is Dottie Hinson. She was a kind-hearted person that always cared about other people. Dottie always made the right choices and was a good leader for her team.Dottie Hinson was the starting catcher for the Rockford Peaches. She was an amazing ball player. Not only was she a catcher but she could really nail the ball. Ernie Gabindino was given the credit for discovering her talents during a small hometown womens baseball game. Dottie refused the invitation to try out even after she was offered 75.00 a week. At that time Dottie who was working in a dairy farm was only making 35.00 per week. The recruiter then spoke with Kit, Dotties younger sister, who he really did not want. He told her if she could convince Dottie to come for the tryouts that she was welcome to come along too. Dottie who was married and her husband was away fighting the war finally agreed to go. After tryouts the Rockford Peaches drafted both Dottie and Kit. The League was not doing well and so Dottie and some of the other girls started doing publicity stunts to bring in more fans and increase revenues. After not to long the stands were full and the League was a success. The Peaches were headed in the right direction and everything was going great until the coach questioned Dottie about Kits arm during a game. Dottie told the truth and Kit was pulled before the end of the game. This caused a major riff between the sisters and Dottie was going to quit and go home. Mr. Lowenstein did not want this. Kit was then traded to the Racine Belles and a feud began. Both the Rockford Peaches and the Racine Belles made it to...

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