During the game at the Astrodome, a Toros player comments that Jimmy Feldman looks like "one of the Marx Brothers." Brett Marx, who plays Jimmy, is the grandson of Gummo Marx, a brother of the Marx Brothers.
Gary Lee Cavagnaro played Engleburg in the original The Bad News Bears (1976). By the time it came to film 'The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training,' he had grown about 4 inches and lost a tremendous amount of weight. Since he no longer looked like his character, the part had to be recast.
Jackie Earle Haley and William Devane argued to the point of fist fighting and had to be separated by production during a cast and crew party.
Real life Astros first baseman Bob Watson is one of the players who have a cameo in the movie. A couple of years before the movie came out, Watson became part of baseball lore when he scored the one millionth run in the sport's history on May 4, 1975.
The first two Bad News Bears movies used music from two 19th century composers. The first movie used music from the opera Carmen by Bizet. The second used the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.