‘Win Or Lose’ Trailer: Pixar’s Softball Animated Series Takes The Mound On February 19th

While some might say the recent series Dream Production was Pixar’s first-ever original series, that was an Inside Out spinoff and not wholly original. That title actually goes to the softball series Win or Lose, which takes the mound on February 19th on Disney+.

A new trailer for Win or Lose teases the “intertwined stories of eight different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game—the insecure kids, their helicopter parents, even a lovesick umpire.”

The voice cast includes Will Forte, Rosie Foss, Josh Thomson, Milan Elizabeth Ray, Rosa Salazar, Dorien Watson, Izaac Wang, Chanel Stewart, Lil Re​l Howery, Melissa Villaseñor, Jo Firestone, Flula Borg, Kyleigh Curran, ​Jaylin Fletcher, Erin Keif, Tom Law, Beck Nolan, Orion Tran and Rhea Seehorn.

Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates wrote, directed, and exec-produced the series, drawing inspiration from Hobson’s past experiences on the field.

“I played softball growing up,” Hobson said “Inspired by that experience, we felt fast-pitch softball was the perfect backdrop for the show. There are so many facets to playing sports that I love—it can bring out the best and worst of a person, the calmest person can lose their temper. And when it comes to winning and losing—the consequences are nothing, and yet, they’re everything. We really felt like it was the best arena for the themes we loved.”

“Carrie and I were officemates on ‘Toy Story 4,’” he said. “We were both story artists on the film, and we would talk about a lot of things going on in the film, as well as things going on in the world—current events, news. We would always have different reactions or different interpretations of the same meeting. One of us would say, ‘That went great!’ and the other would say, ‘No! It was terrible, what are you talking about?’ We realized that our own experiences that we bring to the table change our perception of an event. We wanted to tell a story that illustrated all of that.”

We’ll have to see if Win or Lose faces any fan backlash after Disney cut a transgender character from the show. No doubt the shareholders were worried about offending the “concerned” parents out there typing angrily on Truth Social and X.