A group of New Jersey women, upset over their boyfriends' tendency to pay more attention to softball than their love lives, decide to beat them at their own game...literally.

The men initially scoff at the idea, but soon grow nervous when they worry that they will lose face if they refuse to play.

came from a suggestion that Kaufman and Herz should make a movie about a women's softball team and their amorous adventures.

finally made its theatrical debut as a double feature with The In-Laws in Norfolk, Virginia to tremendous success.

"[6] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film zero stars out of four and called it "not much more professional than a home movie."