re: My 9 y/o daughter's conclusion after seeing the climax in League of Their Own

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I think Dottie dropped the ball on purpose as a last ditch effort to create any bond, and Kit fricked it up, because Kit was an awful awful bitch who fricked up everything. She makes Stillwell look like a real angel...

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It's possible and that was my initial gut reaction too. She dropped it on purpose.

Okay. Too much analysis here but this is my final reasoning.

I can only go off what the film shows us...and most of the evidence points to her not dropping the ball (telling her pitcher how to strike out Kit, their relationship, her ego and pride in being the best.)

There's a reason the OPs child immediately believed she dropped it on purpose.

1) We like Dottie,
2) We want to believe that's what she would do, what we would do
3) It's a child-like assumption that people are good-hearted and family takes care of their own.

Dottie was a competitor but more than that...I really think her final smile was pride...you don't feel pride toward your sister by throwing the game. If Dottie has the character (which we think she does) why would she feel good for her sister at the expense of her team/manager?