A League of Their Own Quotes

Context

This line is spoken by Jimmy Dugan, played by Tom Hanks, in the film A League of Their Own, directed by Penny Marshall (1992). 

In A League of Their Own, the best baseball movie ever (take that, Field of Dreams), Tom Hanks is brash, loud, and can pee for about seven minutes straight.

He's the coach of an all-ladies' baseball team, the Rockford Peaches, but that doesn't mean he's going to go easy on them. When he yells at Evelyn (Bitty Schram) for making a bad throw, she starts weeping, which prompts him to get even louder, ultimately shouting, "There's no crying in baseball!"

Where you've heard it

You've heard this line if anyone is crying at a baseball game...or any sports game, really. Just replace baseball as necessary. "There's no crying in football." "There's no crying in curling." "There's no crying in shuffleboard."

Additional Notable References:

• Project Runway asserts that there is no crying in fashion.
• Accountant humor insists "there is no crying in tax season."
• There's no crying in CrossFit.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

We think people can cry whenever they want, whether it's at a baseball game, at a basketball game, or because that Madonna song that plays through the credits is just so emotional.