Bad News Bears

“Baseball has rules. Meet the exceptions.”

Why would a Little League team full of misfits end up in the hands of Morris Buttermaker (Billy Bob Thornton), a washed-up minor leaguer who drinks, swears and can't keep his hands to himself? His lawyer arranged it. Richard Linklater puts the Bears on the field against the Yankees, and Buttermaker, still holding a beer, has to figure out how to coach them.