There is no crying in baseball, and no slapping. Very little slapping, at least.

Lexi Hastings, one of the best players in UConn softball history, doesn’t need Tom Hanks to tell h er that — though it would be kind of cool, come to think of it — as she transitions to baseball and a new venture in professional sports.

“That movie is definitely an all-time favorite, although I grew up playing softball, I could see myself in those women,” Hastings said, “breaking barriers, what it means to show up as a women in sports, being tough and how society might see women. Yeah, I really resonated with that movie.”

The 1992 film, “ A League Of Their Own,” o ne of the most beloved of all baseball movies, shined the lights on All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was created in 19

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