Morris Buttermaker is an alcoholic pest removal worker and for a very short period of time a former professional baseball player, is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team. All of these twelve-year-olds have been thrown out of the league. After losing every game they have played in so far, the kids force the coach to straighten up and teach them how to win before the season is over.

Second in the series, the story continues as the Bears they must devise a way to get to Texas to defeat the Houston Toros in a game at the Astrodome, so that they can go on and play the Japanese championship team.