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12 Episodes 1979 - 1979
Episode 1
Sat, Mar 24, 197922 mins
Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker becomes the new coach of the Hoover Junior High Bears baseball team which consists of misfits and bumblers.
Episode 2
Sat, Mar 31, 1979
After another bad game, Buttermaker attempts a pitching tryout but it goes badly. Amanda Wurlitzer does show up. She feels abandoned after Buttermaker broke up with her mother. She agrees to pitch one game for the Bears.
Episode 3
Sat, Apr 7, 197925 mins
Dr. Rappant's new shower mandate causes problems for Oglivie who is terrified of being naked in front of the team.
Episode 4
Sat, Apr 21, 197924 mins
Kelly rides his bike onto the field. He hits on Amanda and hits a bunch of her pitches out of the park. She decides to use her feminine wilds to entice him to join the team.
Episode 5
Sat, Apr 28, 197925 mins
Buttermaker buys a racing horse named Rocket Jr. The horse keeps lying down and a vet is called. The horse can't race anymore. It also sat on Tanner's bird killing it.
Episode 6
Sat, May 5, 197925 mins
The Bears have reasons to believe Dr. Rappant is crushing on Coach Buttermaker.
Episode 7
Sat, May 12, 1979
Food is missing from the school's pantry over the weekend when only The Bears were present. Rappant tells Buttermaker to investigate and Engelberg becomes the prime suspect.
Episode 8
Sat, May 19, 197925 mins
Tanner's attack kite is causing havoc. Amanda takes him down forcing him to Give. The other girls start bullying the boys. It's war. A battle of the sexes.
Episode 9
Sat, May 26, 197930 mins
Amanda schemes to get her mother back together with Buttermaker.
Episode 10
Sat, Jun 2, 1979
Ogilvie accidentally shrinks the uniforms. Buttermaker suggests the kids get jobs to pay for new uniforms. Instead, they end up with a highly successful and not so truthful way to raise the cash.
Episode 11
Sat, Jun 9, 197925 mins
Ahmad gets challenged to a dance showdown at the big dance.
Episode 12
Sat, Jun 16, 197925 mins
Kelly is out of town. The team loses badly. The top team has a surprising lost and the Bears still has a chance to get to the big championship game in a big league ballpark.