The Comeback Kid (1980)

Directors

Peter Levin

Cast

Dick O'Neill, James Gregory, John Ritter, Michael Lembeck, Patrick Swayze, Susan Dey

The story

Bubba Newman, a minor league baseball player, quits the sport to do something else with his life because he feels "down and out." He renews his outlook on life when he becomes a coach for a group of underprivileged kids and finds romance. He later plots to make a baseball comeback using funds from his coaching job. He tries pro ball again, but realizes he can no longer fit in.

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