Nick Offerman jokes he's the "new" Tom Hanks in joining Amazon's A League of Their Own reboot as the coach

The Hollywood Reporter

Offerman will take on the key role of Casey “Dove” Porter, the coach of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League baseball team at the center of the reboot of the 1992 Penny Marshall film. "I CAN RUN LONG DISTANCES," tweeted Offerman. "I LOVE TYPEWRITERS. I AM AMERICA’S SWEETHEART. I AM THE NEW @TomHanks." Offerman added in a separate tweet: "Shoot, I forgot about his panache. There can be only one Hanx! Nevermind." "Dove is described as a former Cubs pitcher who is brought in to coach the Rockford Peaches," per The Hollywood Reporter. "The character is most famous because his forkball killed a dove in mid-air in the middle of a game. Inspiring and charismatic, Dove was thought to be the next big Major League Baseball star, but blew his arm out after three years. Now he’s looking to make his comeback by making the Peaches into champions." In the movie, Hanks portrayed Jimmy Dugan, a heightened version of former AAGPBL Fort Wayne Daisies coach and MLB Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx.