Plot
First of a trilogy of films takes an unflinching look at the underbelly of little league baseball in Southern California. Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker is a lazy, beer swilling swimming pool cleaner who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of disheveled misfits who have virtually no baseball talent. Realizing his dilemma, Coach Buttermaker brings aboard girl pitching ace Amanda Whurlizer, the daughter of a former girlfriend, and Kelly Leak, a motorcycle punk who happens to be the best player around. Brimming with confidence, the Bears look to sweep into the championship game and avenge an earlier loss to their nemesis, the Yankees.
Keywords: 11-year-old, air-hockey, alcoholic, alcoholism, anger, athlete, ballet-class, bar, baseball, baseball-coach
...together they make it happen!
The coach is waiting for his next beer. The pitcher is waiting for her first bra. The team is waiting for a miracle. Consider the possibilities.
At last, a picture of kids as they really are.
A classic comedy about growing up!
Tanner Boyle: We lost eighteen to nothin', Buttercrud, and the Athletics are the worst team in the league!::Ahmad Abdul Rahim: *Second* worst...::Tanner Boyle: Sorry, I forgot.
Engelberg: You're not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It's against the law.::Coach Morris Buttermaker: So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.
Tanner Boyle: Jews, spics, niggers, and now a girl?::Amanda Whurlitzer: Grab a bat, punk!
Coach Morris Buttermaker: [looks at Tanner's black eye] What the hell happened to you, Tanner?::Engelberg: Tanner got into a fight [because of the first game loss]::Coach Morris Buttermaker: Who with?::Engelberg: The 7th Grade.::Coach Morris Buttermaker: What?::Engelberg: [shouts] The 7th Grade.
Coach Morris Buttermaker: [leading team chant] A busted bat and a long fly ball...::Bad News Bears: Any day now, Durocher will call!
Coach Morris Buttermaker: [after team takes vote to quit the league] Do you want to quit, Tanner?::Tanner Boyle: Crud, No! I want to play ball!
Kelly: I got a Harley-Davidson. Does that turn you on? Harley-Davidson?
Tanner Boyle: All we got on this team are a buncha Jews, spics, niggers, pansies, and a booger-eatin' moron!::Ogilvie: Tanner, I think you need to be reminded from time to time that you are one of the few people on this team who is not a Jew, spic, nigger, pansy or booger-eating moron. So you'd better cool it or we may be disposed to beat the crap out of you.
[after the Bears lose 18-0]::Coach Morris Buttermaker: Come on, fellas. Rome wasn't built in a day.::Ogilvie: Yeah, it took several hundred years.
[Amanda has been kicked in the chest]::Amanda: I know I don't got a lot up there, but what I got sure don't feel too good.
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Makin' a list of all of the good things you've done for me.
Lord, I've never been one to complain.
But, right now I'm lost, and I can't find my way.
My world's come apart, and it's breakin' my heart.
But it helps to know; that your heart is breaking too.
When I cry, You cry. When I hurt, You hurt.
When I've lost someone, it takes a piece of You too.
And when I fall on my face, You fill me with grace.
'Cause nothing breaks Your heart, or tears You apart
Like when I cry.
Alone in the dark, face in my hands cryin' out to You.
Lord, there's never been a time in my life,
There's so much at stake, there's so much to lose.
But I trust it to You. You'll bring me through.
And it helps me to know that I'm not alone.
When I cry, You cry. When I hurt, You hurt.
When I've lost someone, it takes a piece of You too.
And when I fall on my face, You fill me with grace.
'Cause nothing breaks Your heart, or tears You apart
Like when I cry.
You're the one who calmed the raging sea.
You're the one who made the blind to see.
You looked through all of heaven and eternity,
And through it all you saw me.
When I cry, You cry. When I hurt, You hurt.
When I've lost someone, it takes a piece of You too.
And when I fall on my face, You fill me with grace.
Nothing breaks Your heart, or tears You apart
Langit nga gihandum ko
nga makaadto
langit nga mahimayaon
ginadamgo ko
nga didto akong makita si Kristo
Chorus:
Pagkatam-is kung ako tua na didto
pagkatahom puloy-an giandam sa mga balaan
Lonlon bulawan ang pagalaktan ko
mga batong hamili pagalingkuran ko
didto sa langit nga gihandum ko
Luha mahanaw ug mga panghupaw
kamatayon 'way gahum
sa kinabuhi ko
CHRISTOPHER
As long as stars shine down from heaven
And the rivers run into the sea
Til the end of time forever
You're the only love I'll need
In my life you're all that matters
In my eyes the only truth I see
When my hopes and dreams have shattered
You're the one that's there for me
When I found you I was blessed
And I will never leave you, I need you
Chorus:
Imagine me without you
I'd be lost and so confused
I wouldn't last a day, I'd be afraid
Without you there to see me through
Imagine me without you
Lord, you know it's just impossible
Because of you, it's all brand new
My life is now worthwhile
I can't imagine me without you
When you caught me I was falling
You're love lifted me back on my feet
It was like you heard my calling
And you rush to set me free
When I found you I was blessed
And I will never leave you, I need you
Chorus
When I found you I was blessed
And I will never leave you, I need you oh
Chorus
We're an anchor for those who are hurting,
We're a harbor for those who are lost;
Sometimes it's not always easy bearing Calvary’s cross.
We've been ridiculed by those who don't know Him,
And mocked by those who don't believe.
Still, I love standing up for my Jesus
'Cause of all that He's done for me.
Chorus:
That's why i am not ashamed of the gospel,
The gospel of Jesus Christ.
No, I am not afraid to be counted,
But I’m willing to give my life.
See I’m ready to be all he wants me to be;
Give up the wrong for the right.
Oh, I am not ashamed of the gospel,
No I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
For every moment His hand has held mercy,
For all the love He's shown all my life,
S simple thanks doesn't say how I’m feeling;
I get tears in my eyes.
So, as for me I’m gonna keep on believing in the one
who's been so faithful to me.
I'm not out to please this whole world around me,
I've got my mind on eternity.
Chorus
Bridge:
I’ve got too much behind me to let this world blind me.
To some He's a name, but to me, He's my everything
I am not ashamed of the gospel,
No, I am not ashamed of the gospel.
(2x)
Ending:
Oh well there never was anything in my life
That I got just for asking
And I never heard of anything
That was won without a fight
Now I'm in another corner
Only the times have changed
A new page is turning over
But the book is just the same
I want to come out fighting
I want to step out fighting
I'm in a head spin waiting for that bell to ring
I want to step out fighting
Some are trying to turn a clock back
They are working ceaslessly
In the dark of their black hearts
Bearing down on me, bearing down on me
C'mon
Now we've turned another corner
So we meet them face to face
And I know that I'll be ready
To take my place when they march into the street
I want to come out fighting
I want to step out fighting
When they march into the street, where they're voting with their feet
I'm going to come out fighting
Trapped in a corner and you can't go back
Trapped in a corner and you can't go back
Trapped in a corner and you can't go back
Trapped in a corner and you can't go back
It's frightening
I'm gonna come out fighting
I'm gonna come out fighting
I'm gonna step out fighting
When they march into the street, where they're voting with their feet
I'm gonna come out fighting
I'm gonna come out fighting
I'm gonna step out fighting
I'm in a head spin waiting for that bell to ring
I'm gonna come out fighting
I'm gonna come out fighting