There is a brief scene in which Dottie and Ellen Sue are playing catch. At one point the ball is overthrown and ends up near the small "colored" section of a segregated stadium. An unnamed black woman (DeLisa Chinn-Tyler) picks up the ball and throws it over Dottie's head to Ellen Sue, who catches it. Ellen Sue's reaction indicates that the woman has an extremely powerful arm. The woman wordlessly nods to Dottie and walks away. This scene reflects the historical reality that the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League only allowed white players, even after Jackie Robinson desegregated Major League Baseball in 1947. In a 2017 interview with 'Buzzfeed", the movie's co-screenwriter Lowell Ganz said, "It did bother us that in order to be historically accurate [about the AAGPBL], we could not have a diverse cast. We came upon that scene as a way to make the point. A lot of people have commented on it over the years, and I'm very glad we included it in the film."

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