The Pixar series “Win or Lose,” according to a Disney synopsis, “features 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.”

Disney Pixar’s new animated softball series Win or Lose has introduced an explicitly Christian character, the entertainment giant’s first in almost 20 years, months after confirming a trans plot line had been axed.

Win or Lose,” Pixar’s first original series not based on an existing intellectual property, has something not seen in the Disney universe in nearly two decades: a distinctively Christian character. In fact,