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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.
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Jul 11, 2014 · Documentary Sport. 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. Directors. Chapman Way. Maclain Way. Stars. Lou Russell. Kurt Russell. Ken Wheeler. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. Add to Watchlist.
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- Documentary, Sport
- Chapman Way, Maclain Way
- 2014-07-11
Apr 13, 2020 · Richard Brody recommends watching “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” a documentary about Bing Russell and the Mavericks, now streaming on Netflix.
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Watch The Battered Bastards of Baseball with a subscription on Netflix. In 1973, baseball lover and actor Bing Russell, father of Kurt Russell, starts an independent, single-A team composed...
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- Todd Field, Kurt Russell, Frank Peters
- Chapman Way, Maclain Way
- Documentary
Jul 8, 2014 · The documentary features vintage interviews with Bing Russell, as well as new ones with their grandmother Lou, their uncle Kurt, who played for the Mavericks, and some of his teammates. They...
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Jan 30, 2014 · Billed as the story of "the real-life Bad News Bears", the documentary shows how Bing held open trials in Portland, Oregon after Major League Baseball pulled out of the city. He banned...
Directed by Chapman Way, Maclain Way. They put balls back in the game. Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
