Jimmy Dugan [to the Peaches' homely chaperone]
By the way, I loved you in the Wizard of Oz.
Most-quoted character in A League of Their Own (1992): in 9 of its 19 quotes
Most scenes with: Ernie Capadino (2)
It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard...is what makes it great.
More lines from Jimmy Dugan
4 quotes Jimmy Dugan Jimmy Dugan [to an umpire]
Did anyone ever tell you, you look like a penis with that little hat on?
Jimmy Dugan [to Evelyn]
Rogers Hornsby was my manager and he called me a talking pile of pig shit - and that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game. And did I cry?
Jimmy Dugan "Here's a job for you, Jimmy. Managing girl ballplayers. Just go out there, wave your little hat around - but don't drink." Ah! Why would I wanna drink? I'm a goddamn Peach! [Hits a ground ball] Ah, double play! Now I'm hitting like a girl. "But be nice to them, they're good ballplayers." [Hits a deep fly ball] Ah! Catch that, blondie! Ha, ha!
Scenes with Jimmy Dugan
4 scenes Jimmy Dugan Evelyn, could you come here for a second? Which team do you play for?
Evelyn Gardner Well, I'm a Peach.
Jimmy Well I was just wonderin' why you would throw home when we got a two-run lead. You let the tying run get on second base and we lost the lead because of you. Start using your head. That's the lump that's three feet above your ass.
Jimmy [Evelyn starts to cry.]
Are you crying? Are you crying? Are you crying? There's no crying! There's no crying in baseball!
Doris Murphy Why don't you give her a break, Jimmy?
Jimmy Oh, zip it, Doris! Rogers Hornsby was my manager and he called me a talking pile of pig shit - and that was when my parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see me play the game! And did I cry?
Evelyn (inbetween sobs)
No, no, no ...
Jimmy Yeah, no! And do you know why?
Evelyn No ...
Jimmy Because there's no crying in baseball. There's no crying in baseball--no crying!
Note: the bolded line is ranked #54 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
[Jimmy signs a baseball for a young fan.]
Little boy [reading the inscription]: Avoid the clap, Jimmy Dugan.
Jimmy Dugan Hey, that's good advice!
Ira Until you did that, I couldn't tell if you were... drunk or dead.
Jimmy It was made very clear to me what I'm supposed to do here. I smile, wave my little hat... I did that, so when do I get paid?
Ira Now, Jimmy, you have some pretty good ballplayers here. You ought to give them a little bit of your...
Jimmy [interrupting]
Ballplayers! I don't have ballplayers, I've got girls. Girls are what you sleep with after the game, not, not what you coach during the game. [spits]
Ira If we paid you a little bit more, Jimmy, do you think you could be just a little more disgusting?
Jimmy Well, I could certainly use the money.
Jimmy [opposing team's rallying in the 9th inning, Jimmy and Dottie walk out to the mound to Kit]
Game's getting pretty exciting.
I'll end it, right here. I'll strike this turkey out.
Jimmy Well, we got "Betti Spaghetti" all ready to come in.
Come on, coach. I've never been pulled before. Ask Dottie. Just let me finish this one...please.
Jimmy [to Dottie]
Well, what do you think?
Well, she's, uh...she's battling.
Jimmy [more sharply]
What do you think?
...She's done. She's throwing grapefruits out there. [to Kit] I'm sorry.
Jimmy [To the umpire, signaling a switch]
Blue!
[Kit, with a look of shock and anger, slams the ball in Dottie's chest before walking off the mound]
