The Bad News Bears: Classic or Dud

LET THEM PLAY!! LET THEM PLAY!!!! :)

Of course, I never saw the film(s), so they're probably breaking all sorts of rules.

It has Tatum O'Neal's second-best performance after Paper Moon, and doesn't your heart just go after poor Lupus? Besides, what red- blooded American kid growing up in the late '70s and '80s didn't dream of playing at the Astrodome? I know I did. I had one where I hit a gapper off of Joe Niekro.

Regret to say I haven't seen the closing chapter of the trilogy, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan. Has anyone seen it? Tony Curtis is in it.

For the first baseman faking a toss back to the pitcher and tagging the runner after he's stepped off the base, I believe that's always been okay. Just as long as the pitcher isn't on the mound in the ready position.

Of course, I could be wrong.

nope, yr right it's a balk

Watched this with my son and choked up. A near-perfect movie. But a lot of ethnic slurs you wouldn't find in a kids' picture today.

"Don't jump in the pool, Engelberg, you'll flood the Valley."

"Engelberg's invaluable. He can play third and short at the same time."

Classic. Never seen any of the sequels (though I did see Linklater's useless remake), but there's a book in the awesome Deep Focus series on ...Breaking Training.