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The six A League of Their Own cast members will play a whole new set of characters in the series. Faxon will play Marshall, the Rockford Peaches team manager who works for league owner Morris Baker and believes in the Peaches to succeed. Dunn’s Morris Baker is owner of the league who has invested quite a lot of money into the league and is nervous that having women ball players in a men’s sport will turn out to be a huge financial loss. Vilsón plays Red Wright. A showman and a former Negro Leagues pitcher, who is the celebrity coach for the Red Wright All Stars. Anderson is Leah, the beautiful pastor’s wife, who is visiting Rockford for the occasion of the church revival and who Toni is eager to impress at her salon. Fanelli will play Alan Baker, the nephew of team owner Baker, who tries to fill his uncle’s shoes, taking on PR for the team. Lenehan will play Vivenne Hughes, a cosmetics entrepreneur who has been hired by Baker to try and make the team more appealing and “feminize” them.
