The Battered Bastards of Baseball

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

7.4IMDb Score
Released:2014-01-20
Duration:80 min
Director:Chapman Way, Maclain Way
Actors:Kurt Russell, Todd Field, Jim Bouton, Lou Russell, Ken Wheeler
Production:
Keywords:baseball

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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