They put balls back in the game.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
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.
Top Cast
Kurt Russell
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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
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