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Morris Buttermaker
Oct 27, 2013
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The 2018 Fictitious Contributor Inductees
Perhaps the only manager perfect for untalented foul mouthed kids is a drunken former minor league pitcher turned pool cleaner. Morris Buttermaker was not the role model you wanted your kids to learn baseball (or anything else) from, but watching him with other people’s kids was a guilty delight. If any “contributor” from the Bad News Bears trilogy gets in, this should be the one.The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Actor:
Walter Mattheau
Role Portrayed:
Manager of the Bad News Bears
Why you should vote for him:
We would vote for him just for that drunken practice alone.
Why you should not vote for him:
Well…the Bears did not beat the Yankees at the end.
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Molly McGrath
Oct 27, 2013
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The Contributors
This is another tough one for us. The critics may have disagreed, but we enjoyed the Football film, Wildcats. The gimmick behind it was that the head coach was a woman, but not a tough as nails one; no the diminutive, cute and perky Goldie Hawn. For the younger generation, try and picture her daughter, Kate Hudson, as a Football Coach in a film. What’s that? Can’t picture it? Same rule here, for as much as they tried to make it believable, even a shred of rational thought would tell you that an 80’s ghetto school would not have a female coach of any kind. Still, let’s put on suspension of disbelief, and then we still have another problem with Hawn in the movie. Our favorite (and we bet yours too) scene from her was her meekly singing “Football” in the end credits. If that is the signature moment, than we think we can do better for the Hall.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Wildcats (1986)
Actor:
Goldie Hawn
Role Portrayed:
Head Coach of Central H.S.
Why you should vote for her:
She did win the championship game.
Why you should not vote for her:
We just didn’t buy her in the role.
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Mike Leak
Oct 27, 2013
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The Contributors
We think we can up with three reasons to vote for Mike Leak, the father of the Bears best player, Kelly Leak, and the “interim” manager of the California Bears.
1. Somehow, he set up a batting order which allowed his best player (Kelly) to be in the batting order multiple times.
2. He taught Chachi’s useless brother how to pitch.
3. He orchestrated “Let Them Play”
We’re done.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
Actor:
William Devane
Role Portrayed:
Manager of the Bad News Bears
Why you should vote for him:
Like we said, this could be the best piece of doctoring a batting order in Baseball history.
Why you should not vote for him:
Wasn’t he a deadbeat dad?
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Mickey Gordon
Oct 27, 2013
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The Contributors
After Mr. Saturday Night and City Slickers II, Billy Crystal continued the trifecta of misses with “Forget Paris”, a romantic comedy where he played an NBA Referee. As much as we did like the cameos with NBA players and subconsciously wish we could have thrown out Kareem in a game, this was a movie where sports fans would fast forward to the few good parts; ie: on the court. Since there were not that many of those, it was actually pretty quick to get through. We know we aren’t the only ones who did that with this movie.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Forget Paris (1995)
Actor:
Billy Crystal
Role Portrayed:
NBA Referee
Why you should vote for him:
He had decent interaction with legitimate NBA players.
Why you should not vote for him:
Basketball was a backdrop for what was really a chick flick.
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