Fresh
This film is a labor of love in which the sweat never shows.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
They put balls back in the game.
2014 · 1h 20m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Chapman Way
,
Maclain Way
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The Battered Bastards of 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.
Director and cast
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The movie can be enjoyed by anyone, not just sports fans. Underdog stories simply don't get better than this.
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Bing Russell built it, and they came.
Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
Fresh
Vibrant, rebellious, and fun as all hell - if also utterly biased.
Michael Nordine, Village Voice
Fresh
So rife with underdog victors and hairpin twists of fortune that, if it weren't all true, no one would believe it.
Scott Foundas, Variety
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