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They played five seasons in the class ashort season northwest league, from 1973 through 1977. Never has a baseball team been so appropriately named. The portland mavericks, the minor ball club founded by kurt russells father, tv actor bing russell, was a minor league baseball phenomenon that attracted legions of loyal fans. This is the colorful true story of the portland mavericks, a scrappy, independent baseball team of underdogs. The battered bastards of baseball 2014 tvma 1h 20m documentaries the colorful true story of the portland mavericks, a scrappy, independent baseball team of underdogs started by actor bing russell in the 1970s.
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