A washed-up ballplayer is put in charge of a pack of kids scarcely more mature than himself in
this remake of the 1976 comedy hit. Morris Buttermaker is a former major
league baseball player whose career and life has hit the skids thanks to his overwhelming
fondness for booze and women. Needing a break, his lawyer (Marcia Gay Harden) arranges for
Buttermaker to take on coaching responsibilities for the Bears, a Little League baseball team
comprised of a handful of hapless losers. As Buttermaker tries to groom his young charges into
a winning team, he also gives them a glimpse of his lifestyle while they gear up
to take on perennial rivals the Yankees.
Cast & Characters
Billy Bob Thornton
Greg Kinnear
Marcia Gay Harden
Sammy Craft
Ridge Canipe
Casting calls for actors with baseball skills were held in: Phoenix, Los Angeles, Toronto,
Chicago, Dallas, Vancouver, New Orleans, Atlanta and Seattle, Orlando,FL and Washing-ton D.C.
