7.5

The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)

Name: The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-01-20
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Kurt Russell, Todd Field, Jim Bouton, Lou Russell, Ken Wheeler

"They put balls back in the game."

Documentary • 80 min

Overview

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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