It's a new look at the same plot that was seen in The Mighty Ducks, Bad News Bears

It may not hit any home runs, but Hardball keeps its bases loaded, providing enough fun and excitement to make it a diverting experience.
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Hardball is a movie about a baseball manager with a gambling problem. No, it's not the Pete Rose story. It's The Bad News Bears, updated. It's less funny, but more poignant

Bad News Bears, released in the mid-1970s, starred Walter Matthau as a no-account drunk who unwillingly takes over as manager of a hapless Little League baseball team in an upscale Los Angeles suburb.
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