A League of Their Own question

I've actually had this debate before sadly enough. And the answer is no, her sister simply made the play. She didn't decide to come back and play her arse off to throw the play at the plate with the game on the line.

People who claim the character intentionally dropped the ball are retarded to me.

ETA: Sorry Smartass, no offense.

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She clearly dropped the ball on purpose

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That's a negative. Please provide support for your assertion.

Dottie was the superior athlete and Kit has been in her shadow since day 1...no way she is all of a sudden going to have a lapse is physical ability during the biggest game/time/moment of her life.

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my interpretation about that play is that throughout the movie Dottie is better than her little sister at everything (better player, better looking, bigger star, etc.) and in that final play the little sister finally owns her bigger sister, sort of a coming of age theme

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I disagree. The whole backstory tht was sledgehammered home, was Kit's jealousy of Dottie. I think Dottie dropped the ball so Kit could play the hero for once. And I think Kit might even have known it - deep down.

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Yet some of you people still push this theory with no support...

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And you push yours with no support

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Or was it in that flash of an instant when Kit was barreling towards home (defying the stop call mind you) and Dottie secured the throw and turned to face the runner?

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Right there. She could easily have hung onto that ball unless she was knocked unconscious.

But..if she wins, so what? She's still going home to start her family. Where does that leave Kit? Kit would have spent the rest of her life in the shadows of the Great Dottie Hinsin. She would have resented Dottie for the rest of her life. And as we heard many, many times, she didn't care about as much as Kit. So by dropping the ball, Dottie can still has a relationship with her sister, even if it was somewhat strained.

Kit suspected the drop ball incident, she could never really be positive she dropped it...but she spent time thinking about it, when it happened & later on. Also Kit was never really better than Dottie and she knew it. Many a sleepless night for Kit thinking about that. Note at the end, it appeared they didn't seem to be very close sisters - strained.

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I've supported my view with relevant context from the plot and the personal characteristics of the parties involved in said play.

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Yeah and its all opinionated, running through a stop sign is about the only factual thing you stated.

How about the fact that Kit blew up at her sister for always being better then her at everything through yelling and screaming which displayed she had been pinning all of this anger up towards her older sister for a long time. Dottie had a home and a family to go back to while Kit had nothing but sports in her immediate future. You don't think the repercussions of not dropping that ball zipped through Dotties mind in that 1 or 2 seconds as Kit was barreling towards her? Holding onto that ball may have cost her a little sister for a very long time.

Well you're screaming for support and I'm sure if I go back and watch the movie I can write a 10 page book report with nothing but plot support for my opinion.

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Exactly, she left and had to come back.

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She didn't have to come back. She was with her husband and "halfway to Oregon" if I recall correctly before turning back. Sounds like she was pretty serious about it, not to mention making great plays all throughout the game.

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She left because it just wasn't that important to her and she left because she put more value on other things other then baseball.

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She left because she was constantly fearing her husband's death in the war and yes, the emotions of him being home trumped baseball for her initially. After having time to think about it, she came to the conclusion that she wanted to finish the season. Not keep playing forever, but finish the season and win. Just because she left at one point doesn't mean her heart wasn't in it when she came back.

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This clearly shows that she places family above all else and it wouldn't be so far fetched to believe that she placed the value of her sisters happiness above holding onto that baseball.

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Would have indicated a complete break in her characteristics as solidified throughout the film IMO and would've showed a lack of character and integrity rather than a noble deed. I think it quite ignoble to screw over all your teammates and your coach who you developed a bond with, a team and coach that you convinced to let you come back and play in the championship game with because you were serious about winning, and then to stab them all in the back simply to boost your sister's morale, even though you'd never done it at other junctures before.

Maybe the director did decide to make that the case, who fricking knows with Hollywood, but it would be completely ludicrous in my opinion and would detract greatly from the movies ending since it makes no logical sense but merely provides that feel good shite that so many people have to have in their movies.