Three geeks (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder) have been picked on for their entire lives. Fed up with being bullied for their lack of sporting skills, they decide to strike back. They form a baseball team to take on the bullies.

Film Trivia

• Jon Lovitz's house in this movie was shot using the same building as Adam Sandler's house in Click.
• The Batmobile from the 60s series Batman, and K.I.T.T. from the series Knight Rider, both make an appearance in this film.
• In one scene David Spade's character is wearing sunglasses. Director Dennis Dugan had asked Spade not to wear sunglasses while filming, but Spade forgot to take them off for this scene. Dugan liked the scene so much he decided not to reshoot.
• The woman that confronts David Spade's character about the lesbian sex scenes is Adam Sandler's wife, Jackie.

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