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A documentary film about the Portland Mavericks, a minor league baseball team owned by actor Bing Russell in the 1970s. The film features Kurt Russell, Jim Bouton, and other former players and fans, and received positive reviews and a Netflix adaptation.
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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.
- (4.6K)
- Documentary, Sport
- Chapman Way, Maclain Way
- 2014-07-11
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.
- 80 min
Official Trailer for The Battered Bastards of Baseball, a Netflix original documentary. This is the colorful true story of the Portland Mavericks, a scrappy,...
- 2 min
- 340.3K
- Netflix
The Battered Bastards of Baseball. In 1973, baseball lover and actor Bing Russell, father of Kurt Russell, starts an independent, single-A team composed of players that no one...
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- Todd Field, Kurt Russell, Frank Peters
- Chapman Way, Maclain Way
- Documentary
Jul 10, 2014 · “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” is an affectionate scrapbook of a documentary by the brothers Chapman and Maclain Way about the Mavericks, which operated from 1973 through 1977 in the Class A...
A documentary about Bing Russell's independent baseball team in Portland, Oregon, in 1973. The Mavericks were a group of outcasts and misfits who defied the sports establishment and became a success story.