The Bad News Bears

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Absent parents; Kelly’s family and talent; Joey’s title share; Mrs. Turner; free agency; Ogilvie’s future

In the discussion (9)
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  • Amanda’s absent mother and Kelly’s unsupervised smoking and motorcycle riding raise parental questions. — Van Lathan
  • Kelly’s family life is questioned. — Bill Simmons
  • Kelly’s unexplained resources and lack of supervision inspire alternatives involving wealth, an absent working parent or an overwhelmed large family. — Van Lathan
  • Kelly Leak is praised as an elite sports-character name, alongside Jimmy Chitwood and Paul Crewe. — Bill Simmons
  • Whether Joey received a championship ring or share after quitting is questioned. — Bill Simmons
  • The appeal of Turner’s wife and her now-fashionable 1970 s clothes becomes a playful question. — Van Lathan
  • Recruiting Amanda and Kelly is jokingly proposed as inventing baseball free agency. — Bill Simmons
  • Ogilvie is imagined working for Bill James and later building a major-league pitching dynasty. — Bill Simmons
  • Kelly’s revealing throw is compared with A League of Their Own, Jerry Maguire and Remember the Titans as a demonstration of athletic talent. — Van Lathan