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The 1976 sports comedy, The Bad News Bears, tells the story of Morris Buttermaker, an alcoholic former minor-league baseball player hired to coach a profoundly inept Little League team of misfits in Southern California. The team, known as the Bears, is transformed by Buttermaker's unconventional methods and the recruitment of two key players: Amanda Wurlitzer, a skilled girl pitcher, and Kelly Leak, a talented but rebellious hitter. Directed by Michael Ritchie and produced by Stanley R. Jaffe, the film stars Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, and Vic Morrow, and follows the team's journey from being league laughingstocks to making it to the championship game, celebrating the spirit of the underdog. The film was a significant commercial success upon its release on April 7, 1976, grossing $42.3 million worldwide against a $9 million budget.