The Bad News Bears

- Season 2

(1979)

Rudi has his father's baseball signed by Johnny Bench. Buttermaker claims to know Bench back in the day. Then they lose the ball.

Rappant has a new transfer student named Josh but he's truant. Buttermaker struggles to get the young hustler into school while Amanda falls for him.

Buttermaker and the rest of the Bears rally around Regi as he has his first romance.

Amanda's mother Alice accepts Buttermaker's marriage proposal but she gets a new job in Cuba leaving Amanda to live with him.

Amanda and Rudi pretend to be in a relationship to get Josh and Marsha jealous. Buttermaker awkwardly tries to talk The Birds and The Bees.

The gang takes to the streets to show Ogilvie how to have some fun. A blackout occurs and Ogilvie has a little fun at the other's expense.

Amanda's mother moves out of the country and Amanda moves in with Coach Buttermaker.

After getting taunted by the Turners, the boys decide to enter Amanda and Buttermaker into a tennis tournament to beat the Turners and take away their trophy. Meanwhile, Amanda continues her pursuit of Josh.

Ahmad is having trouble living with his grandfather and Buttermaker decides to help. The coach thinks the two can bridge their differences through baseball so Buttermaker arranges a games between his kids and a senior team.

The kids sneak out and try hitchhiking to San Diego for a concert when they get picked up by Buttermaker. Rappant gives each kid an egg to teach them responsibility.

Buttermaker has money trouble and car trouble. He can't buy a present for Amanda's birthday. Turner fires him as the pool cleaner and then hires him selling bad houses. The boys decide to clean pools to give Amanda a great birthday party.

Ogilvie is in love with Dr. Rappant. Turner gets kicked out of his house by his wife. He takes Buttermaker to a dance club. They are surprised to find Emily Rappant there.

A fight between Amanda and Tanner leads to a school wide battle of the sexes.

The kids get Buttermaker to take them on a camping trip. He'd rather be sleeping. The kids have no shelter when it starts raining. Ahmad tells a ghost story and the group finds an empty house.