The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
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Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
Subs
SubsCurrently The Battered Bastards of Baseball is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Lou Russell
Self - Bing's Wife
Jim Bouton
Himself (voice)
Kurt Russell
Self - Vice-President
Todd Field
Self - Batboy
Ken Wheeler
Self - Sports Writer
Todd Field
Self - Batboy
Jack Faust
Self - Attorney
Carren Woods
Self - Assistant G.M.
Nick Bertram
Self - Sports Writer
Jim Swanson
Himself
Robert Richardson
Self - Northwest League President
Larry Colton
Himself
Frank Peters
Self - Manager '74 - '75
Jon Yoshiwara
Himself
Rob Nelson
Self - Pitcher
Johnny Carson
Himself (Archive Footage)
Media.
Details.
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Wiki.
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. Owned by actor Bing Russell, the Mavericks were an independent team, without the affiliation of a parent team in the major leagues. The title is from a line in Jim Bouton's 1970 book Ball Four: "Us battered bastards of baseball are the biggest customers of the U.S. Post Office, forwarding-address department."