i always tell people that this be my favorite sport movie of all time . inevitably someone will say something like but what about a serious sport movie . that tick me off and because this be a serious film . the story center around a bunch of leftover from the little league draft . one of the reject not draft by a little league team and have a father who be also a city councilman and can you say lawsuit . so the league be force to take all of the kid that nobody want and put them on a new team and the bear . a drunken pool cleaner who use to kick around in the minor be choose to lead them . well and the coach and kid soon learn that sport be not that fun when you be the laughingstock of a very competitive league . so and the manager have to start make move off the field to change the way thing be . the movie deal with all kind of sensitive topic and like elitism and racism and alienation and despair and etc . yes and i know it be a comedy and but see a coach strike his kid on the mound and see player from the rival yankee degrade the misfit bear player and see buttermaker push away one of his player because she want him to be a father figure and there be real drama at work here . of course and the revenge angle be at play here as well . moreover and the actual revenge be quite different than most suspected it would be . of course and i love the wonderful comedic line and comedic performance turn in by all . and for my money and there will never be a good closing line in a movie than the one give by tanner to the yankee . walter matthau and tatum oneal make movie history with this one and a classic movie .