10 Connections Between the "A League of Their Own" Series and the 1992 Movie

The entire character of Max spins off one of the most iconic shots of the original movie, when an unnamed Black woman catches a foul ball and impresses everyone with her incredible arm when she throws it back to the Peaches. Max, a talented pitcher, gets a scene like that when she shows up for tryouts and is turned away because of her race, but instead of her story ending there, she becomes one of the show's protagonists.