Paramount Pictures released The Bad News Bears to theaters on April 7, 1976. Michael Ritchie directed the film starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, and Vic Morrow.

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Paramount Pictures released The Bad News Bears to theaters on April 7, 1976. Michael Ritchie directed the film starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, and Vic Morrow. ‘The Bad News Bears’ Movie Summary Bob Whitewood hires Morris Buttermaker, a former minor-league baseball pitcher and current alcoholic pool cleaner, to coach the Bears; a last-minute addition to a Little League baseball team in Southern California. The Bears are composed of the worst kids around with no baseball skills. The only reason they have a team is because of a settlement of a lawsuit Whitewood brought against the league. Buttermaker’s team is bad. Pitcher Rudy Stein is near-sighted. Catcher Mike Engleberg spends more time eating than playing. Shortstop Tanner Boyle cusses like a drunken sailor, and gets into fights like one too. Ahmad Abdul Rahim wants to be the next Hank Aaron, but can’t hit, can’t catch, and can’t run. Timmy Lupus is a booger-eating spaz who gets picked as much as his nose. There’s a few Mexican immigrants thrown in with some other kids to round out the team. This team is so bad, only Chico’s Bail Bonds will sponsor this team. In their opening game, the Yankees open up a can of whoop ass on the Bears, and Buttermaker forfeits the game after the Yankees score 26 runs in the first inning. Humiliated, the team quits the next day. Buttermaker yells at them, and says quitting is a habit they don’t want to start. He then orders them to get their asses on the field.   (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Disclaimer This podcast is for entertainment and information purposes only. The theme music for Lunchtime Movie Review, Fireworks is provided courtesy of Alexander Nakarada at serpentsoundstudios.com under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. All original content of this podcast is the intellectual property of Lunchtime Movie Review, the MHM Podcast Network, and Fuzzy Bunny Slippers Entertainment LLC unless otherwise noted. This post contains affiliate links that will take you to Amazon.com and/or the iTunes Store. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission. Advertisers and affiliate partnerships do not influence our content. For more information, please read our Terms of Use about the inclusion of affiliate links on this site.