The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training theatrical poster
Directed by	Micheal Pressman
Produced by	Leonard Goldberg Fred T. Gallo (associate producer)
Written by	Paul Brickman Bill Lancaster
Starring	William Devane Quinn Smith Chris Barnes Jackie Earle Haley Jimmy Baio
Music by	Craig Safan
Cinematography	Fred J. Koenekamp
Editing by	John W. Wheeler
Release date(s)	July 8, 1977
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	The Bad News Bears
Followed by	The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
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The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training is the 1977 sequel to The Bad News Bears.

This movie picks up the Bears' career a year after their infamous second-place finish in the North Valley League. However, after winning this year, they are left reeling by the departure of Buttermaker as their coach and an injury to goat-turned-hero Timmy Lupus (Quinn Smith). Faced with a chance to play the Houston Toros for a shot at the Japanese champs, they devise a way to get to Texas to play at the famed Astrodome. In the process, Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) reunites with his estranged father (William Devane), who is ultimately recruited to coach them.

It also stars Chris Barnes, who returns to his role as the foul-mouthed Tanner Boyle, and Jimmy Baio as Carmen Ronzonni.

This movie is most-famously remembered for the scene in which Coach Leak leads the Astrodome crowd in the chant "Let them play!" when the umpires attempt to call the game prematurely because of time constraints.

[edit] Trivia

When the team arrives in Downtown Houston, they book a room at the Concord Hotel. In real life, the building which they check into is the real-life Lancaster Hotel off Texas Avenue across from Jones Hall.

Later in the movie, after coach Leak reappears, the Bears stayed at the Houston Hilton rooms 324 and 325 among others. The actual hotel is located at 6633 Travis Street in Houston, Texas, but the filming location was the Pasadena Hilton in Pasadena, California.

Members of the 1976-77 Houston Astros lineup made a cameo appearance. They include Enos Cabell and J.R. Richard.

The "Let them play!" chant was used at the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Miller Park in Milwaukee, when Commissioner Bud Selig, former owner of the park's home team, the Milwaukee Brewers, announced that the game would be called after 11 innings and go into the record books as a tie, because all eligible players had been used. The fans were furious that Selig would do this, particularly in a ballpark he had demanded that the people of Milwaukee pay for through increased taxes.