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Jun 24, 2014 official trailer for the battered bastards of baseball, a netflix original documentary. The battered bastards of baseball moviemaker magazine maclain way reflects on making a documentary with his brothers about his grandfather bing russells famed independent baseball team, the portland mavericks. In 1973, hollywood veteran bing russell best known for playing deputy clem on bonanza created the only independent baseball team in america at the time, the legendary portland mavericks. Dracula 1966 as he dreams up, then manages, the portland mavericks. The battered bastards of baseball is a documentary of the several years the mavericks existed and created a huge fan base in portland, oregon, after which they were ousted by major league baseball and replaced by an aaa team. The battered bastards of baseball a quixotic hollywood actor and father of kurt russell brazenly takes on major league baseball in this rousing underdog story.
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