The Bad News Bears

- Season 1

(1979)

Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker becomes the new coach of the Hoover Junior High Bears baseball team which consists of misfits and bumblers.

After another bad game, Buttermaker attempts a pitching tryout but it goes badly. Amanda Wurlitzer does show up. She feels abandoned after Buttermaker broke up with her mother. She agrees to pitch one game for the Bears.

Dr. Rappant's new shower mandate causes problems for Oglivie who is terrified of being naked in front of the team.

Kelly rides his bike onto the field. He hits on Amanda and hits a bunch of her pitches out of the park. She decides to use her feminine wilds to entice him to join the team.

Buttermaker buys a racing horse named Rocket Jr. The horse keeps lying down and a vet is called. The horse can't race anymore. It also sat on Tanner's bird killing it.

The Bears have reasons to believe Dr. Rappant is crushing on Coach Buttermaker.

Food is missing from the school's pantry over the weekend when only The Bears were present. Rappant tells Buttermaker to investigate and Engelberg becomes the prime suspect.

Tanner's attack kite is causing havoc. Amanda takes him down forcing him to Give. The other girls start bullying the boys. It's war. A battle of the sexes.

Amanda schemes to get her mother back together with Buttermaker.

Ogilvie accidentally shrinks the uniforms. Buttermaker suggests the kids get jobs to pay for new uniforms. Instead, they end up with a highly successful and not so truthful way to raise the cash.

Ahmad gets challenged to a dance showdown at the big dance.

Kelly is out of town. The team loses badly. The top team has a surprising lost and the Bears still has a chance to get to the big championship game in a big league ballpark.