What key details about bitty schram can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: elizabeth natalie '' bitty '' schram -lrb- born july 17 , 1968 -rrb- is an american actress most widely known for having played sharona fleming in the television series '' monk '' . born in mountainside , new jersey , schram studied at the university of maryland on a tennis scholarship and graduated with a degree in advertising design . having known for a number of years that she wanted to act , she pursued roles in both film and television as well as broadway theater . the role that initially brought her note was evelyn gardner , the rockford peaches ' right fielder , in the penny marshall directed film '' a league of their own '' . schram 's character was the focus of the now famous line uttered by manager jimmy dugan -lrb- tom hanks -rrb- , '' there 's no crying in baseball ! '' during 1993-95 , she had a role in the original broadway production of neil simon 's '' laughter on the 23rd floor '' . in 2002 , schram landed a major role opposite tony shalhoub on the usa mystery series '' monk '' . usa network released her mid-way through the show 's third season , stating they had '' decided to go in a different creative direction with some of its characters '' . msnbc reported that '' some members of the series ' supporting cast , including schram , ted levine and jason gray-stanford , attempted to renegotiate the terms of their contract '' and cited schram 's departure as evidence of the industry 's '' hard line against raise-seeking actors who are n't absolutely essential to the show . '' levine and gray-stanford remained on the show . natalie teeger , played by traylor howard , replaced her character as monk 's assistant . schram returned to '' monk '' for an episode during the show 's eighth and final season entitled '' mr. monk and sharona . ''
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- years active is 1992 -- present- birth name is elizabeth natalie schram- birth date is 17 july 1968- name is bitty schram- birth place is new york city , new york , u.s.- occupation is actress