Cantigny Park hosted a "League of Their Own" 25th anniversary event on Saturday.

So the McCormick House was used for a few scenes in "A League of Their Own", including the courtyard scene where Harvey offers Jimmy (Hanks) his job.

From 6-8p there was an open house where you could walk through the mansion, look through the shooting script/schedule/contract; and then around 8:30p, they put a screen outside in the field and showed the full movie. You could bring chairs, food/beverages (alcohol too), and they tossed out some bean bag baseballs for kids. They hired a group of women to dress up as players, and took pictures with fans.

Great time, even a little chilly at nightfall. Good crowd, everybody was into it.

Thanks for the heads-up.

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You know me like that.

FItzgerald's main room on Roosevelt in Berwyn/Oak Park also featured in League of Their Own. I believe the yooge American flag that regularly features as the backdrop to Fitzgerald's stage is a leftover from the film production.

THink it also got converted to a pool hall for scenes in The Color of Money.

Batavia honoring Craig Sager, all Summer long:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/a ... story.html

Glad that Batavia is honoring Craig. Still miss him. Gone too soon!

25 Years wow! That is a long time.

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Happy Halloween!

Were there women in the men's room timing how long you peed?

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