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Did you tell the cows you’d write?
— A League of Their Own · 1992
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is a throwaway joke that captures Ernie's wisecracking, world-weary charm and the film's gentle humour about leaving small-town life. The farm girls are trading cows for a train to Chicago, and the line treats the leap as casually as a quick holiday. Fans quote it as a good-natured tease for anyone who has just left home, a job or a hobby behind.
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In context
Spoilers for A League of Their OwnShow the scene
Early in A League of Their Own (1992), talent scout Ernie Capadino finds the Hinson sisters, Dottie and Kit, milking cows on their family dairy and offers them tryouts for a new women's professional baseball league. Dottie, who is married and content, resists, while Kit pleads with her to try it just once. Soon after, with the sisters on his train, Ernie asks his teasing question about the cows and their letters home. He then tells them they must make a stop in Fort Collins, Colorado, to look at one more girl.
Sources (2)
- A League of Their Own transcript (Springfield! Springfield!)the cow-barn scene and the train departure that followsReference checked
- Wikiquote: A League of Their OwnDialogue sectionReference checked
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