The second movie never really explained why the Bears, a second place team from a local Little League, got to go to Texas with the billing “California Champs”. Why not the Yankees, or some other California team that might prevail in a wider tournament? (Presumably, the books explain this discrepancy.)
In terms of quality, do the Bad News Bears books follow the same pattern as the movies? (i.e. the first one being the best of the series, the second one being amusing at times, the third one a perplexing convoluted mess)
Where have you gone, Alfred Lutter?