The Battered Bastards of Baseball

January. 20,2014      R
Rating:
8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Kurt Russell as  Himself
Todd Field as  Himself
Jim Bouton as  Himself (voice)
Johnny Carson as  Himself (Archive Footage)
Bing Russell as  Himself (Archive Footage)

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