The 1992 film ‘‘A League of Their Own’’ tells the story of elite run-preventer Kit Keller delivering a World Series title for her team by making a critical swing adjustment and barreling one of the high fastballs that had long bedeviled her at the plate.
In the Hollywood ending that the Cubs envision for prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong, whose glove in center field makes him one of the best prospects in the game despite some uncertainty surrounding his bat, he simply would take the high fastball and get ahead in the count.
