They put balls back in the game.

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014 1h 20m 7.4
Documentary

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

Kurt Russell

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Todd Field

Todd Field

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Jim Bouton

Jim Bouton

Himself (voice)

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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