no crying in baseball page 27

 no crying in baseball page 27 by ric gustafson

Then, the cast and crew flew to Evansville Indiana. Actress Kelli Simpkins, playing one of the Rockford Peaches, was from Evansville. The city was located on the Ohio River bordering Kentucky. The city manufactured automobiles, appliances and construction equipment. The town welcomed Penny and her cast and crew.

Tom Hanks and his family lived in a ranch style home outside of Evansville. A security guard took Hanks to the set. People generally left Geena Davis alone. Madonna stayed in McCutchanville, a township, which was just north of Evansville. At the time, Madonna was seeing rapper Vanilla Ice.

In New Harmony Indiana, Megan Cavanagh prepared to film Marla Hooch's audition scene. For the scene, Penny had picked Ribeyre Gym. The Gym was made of bricks from 1924. Penny was going to have stand in Shelly Niemeyer do the hitting. Megan told Penny she could do the scene herself. Coach Hughes then threw the ball to Megan several times. Megan was told to make as much contact with the bat as possible. It was convincing. Penny used her footage for the film.

Huntingburg Indiana Mayor Connie Nass struck a deal with Penny. They could remake their rundown stadium for the film on the condition they leave it as is for the city to enjoy. Penny took the bait.

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