Documentary
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
“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.
Directed by Lisa Nishimura, Maclain Way, Nancy Schafer
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Status
Released
Released
January 20, 2014
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
English
Top cast
Kurt Russell
Himself
Todd Field
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Jim Bouton
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Lou Russell
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Ken Wheeler
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Jack Faust
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Carren Woods
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Nick Bertram
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Robert Richardson
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Frank Peters
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Rob Nelson
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Jim Swanson
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Larry Colton
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Jon Yoshiwara
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Johnny Carson
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Bing Russell
Himself (Archive Footage)
