The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)

Directed by

Chapman Way

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 97 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about the Portland Mavericks, an independent minor league baseball team owned by actor Bing Russell in the 1970s. The team was made up of rejects and misfits who played without any major league affiliation.

inspiringnostalgicupliftingenergeticunderdogheartfeltfunwarm

What happens

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." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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