The Battered Bastards of Baseball
The Battered Bastards of Baseball

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

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2014•80 min•Documentary
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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.
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