![]() ![]() He loves chocolate and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Jeffrey Louis Starr as Mike Engelberg, An overweight, out-of-shape boy who plays catcher and has developed into a good hitter.Idolizes Hank Aaron and wears number 44 in his honor. Worries a few times about the team going to “the joint” for having no adult with them. Erin Blunt as Ahmad Abdul-Rahim, A Black Muslim who plays center field.Close friends with Timmy Lupus, who could not make the trip. Refuses to leave the field in Houston after the game was called. Chris Barnes as Tanner Boyle, Short-tempered shortstop with a Napoleon complex who continually challenges authority.Clifton James as Sy Orlansky, Local businessman and beer company owner who is sponsoring and promoting the game between the Bears and the local favorite, Houston Toros.The team's strongest hitter, he plays left field. The Bears' leader (and presumably, the oldest) he drives the van that brings the team to Houston. Jackie Earle Haley as Kelly Leak, Local troublemaker who has matured since the first film.He's a good natured, blue-collar working man who agrees to coach the team. William Devane as Mike Leak, Coach of the Bears: Kelly's estranged father, whom he looks up in Houston.The Bears pull off an upset win and Kelly makes peace with his absentee father, telling him if the team didn’t need a coach he still would have looked him up. Coach Leak rallies the crowd with a “Let them play!" chant, which eventually persuades the venue to continue the game. The game gets called half way through, but Tanner refuses to leave the field. ![]() Kelly has a heart to heart with his father at a local restaurant and returns to the team before the game. The team soon becomes a more cohesive and athletic unit under Coach Leak's guidance. The Bears, as a whole, have trouble during practice Kelly becomes increasingly angry and resentful at his father before ultimately storming off, while pitcher Carmen Ronzonni has trouble finding his own unique style and resorts to imitating famous pitchers instead. In the process, Kelly Leak ( Jackie Earle Haley) reunites with his estranged father ( William Devane), who is recruited to coach them. Faced with a chance to play the Houston Toros for a shot at the Japanese champs, they devise a way to get to Houston to play at the famed Astrodome, between games of a Major League Baseball doubleheader. However, after winning this year, they are left reeling by the departure of Buttermaker as their coach, Amanda as their pitcher and an injury to outcast-turned-hero Timmy Lupus (Quinn Smith). This film picks up the Bears' career a year after their infamous second-place finish in the North Valley League. ![]()
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