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The colorful true story of the Portland Mavericks, a scrappy, independent baseball team of underdogs started by actor Bing Russell in the 1970s. Watch trailers & learn more.
Jul 11, 2014 · With Lou Russell, Kurt Russell, Ken Wheeler, Todd Field. In 1973, Hollywood actor Bing Russell starts an independent minor league baseball team in Portland consisting of outcasts and misfits, and turns them into unlikely overnight success.
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- Documentary, Sport
- Chapman Way, Maclain Way
- 2014-07-11
Official Trailer for The Battered Bastards of Baseball, a Netflix original documentary. This is the colorful true story of the Portland Mavericks, a scrappy,...
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- Netflix
The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a 2014 documentary film about the Portland Mavericks, a defunct minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon. They played five seasons in the Class A-Short Season Northwest League, from 1973 through 1977.
In 1973, baseball lover and actor Bing Russell, father of Kurt Russell, starts an independent, single-A team composed of players that no one else wanted.
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- Todd Field, Kurt Russell, Frank Peters
- Chapman Way, Maclain Way
- Documentary
Apr 13, 2020 · “Battered Bastards” tells the story of how the Mavericks came to grief for showing up Major League Baseball in a public den that it was permitted to claim as its own. Photograph Courtesy...
The Battered Bastards of Baseball 2014 | Maturity Rating: 13+ | 1h 20m | Documentary The colorful true story of the Portland Mavericks, a scrappy, independent baseball team of underdogs started by actor Bing Russell in the 1970s.
