Description: Jack Warden portrayed former minor-leaguer Morris Buttermaker, the coach of the Hoover Junior High Bears, a team of young adolescents with poor skills and little ability to play baseball. Catherine Hicks as Hoover Junior High principal Dr. Emily Rappant, Roy Turner, the coach of the rival team the Lions. Corey Feldman, Billy Jayne and Meeno Peluce were the team's players, and Tricia Cast played Amanda Wurlitzer, the Bears' pitcher.