‘A League of Their Own’ series review: Not quite a home run
nypost.comPrime Video series of the same name.The result is entertaining enough and should win over nostalgic fans — but it’s not quite a home run.Now streaming, “A League of Their Own,” has a similar premise to the movie, which starred Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Rosie O’Donnell, Madonna, and Jon Lovitz.
Created by Will Graham (“Mozart in the Jungle”) and Abbi Jacobson (“Broad City”), who also stars, the series is set in 1943 and follows the Rockford Peaches, a women’s team in the new All American Girls Professional Baseball League, formed because World War II has threatened the existence of Major League Baseball with men off fighting overseas.The series begins with Carson Shaw (Jacobson) taking a train from Idaho to Chicago for baseball tryouts.
On her way, she meets and befriends fellow baseball hopefuls Greta (D’Arcy Carden, “The Good Place”) and Jo (Melanie Field).There’s no one-to-one translation from the movie.
Carson has roughly the same background as Geena Davis’ character – a housewife-turned-catcher with a husband who’s off at war – but she has a different name, no sister and a plot exploring her sexual identity (not in the movie).
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