no crying in baseball page 15

 no crying in baseball page 15 by ric gustafson

Serving ice tea, Penny listened to Kelly and Kim's pitch for a fictional film adaptation of ' A League Of Their Own'. In October 1987, Kelly and Kim were invited to Penny's birthday party. Celebrity birthday guests included Bruce Willis, Demi Moore and Robert DeNiro. Penny as a director was hot. Her film ' BIG' grossed $151 million. She now had a permanent office on the Fox lot. 

In Penny's office, storylines from Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Kelly and Kim were thrown at her. Kelly and Kim were hoping Penny would make them producers on the film. One idea from the pair was a climactic championship game. Another idea was to have a catcher named Helen and her 19 year old younger sister.

In November of 1988, Penny snuck into the Baseball Hall of Fame. She did not want to be noticed. She wanted to see a new exhibit that was opening. It was called ' Women In Baseball'. One of the league's stars came also. Her name was Dottie Collins. At one time, she was the league's star pitcher and strikeout queen. 

One hurdle remained. Bill Pace and Ronnie Clemmer ran Longbow Productions. They wanted to make their own film about the league. The news frustrated Penny. She would not have it. A producer named Brenda Feigen started working on the other film. To end Feigen's complaint against Penny, she was given money. Penny won. The complaint went away. Now they could really start working on the film.

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