The Battered Bastards of Baseball
| The Battered Bastards of Baseball | |
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| Directed by | Chapman Way Maclain Way |
| Produced by | Juliana Lembi |
| Cinematography | Chapman Way |
| Edited by | Chapman Way |
| Music by | Brocker Way |
Production company | Stardust Frames |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a 2014 documentary film about the Portland Mavericks, a defunct minor league baseball team in Portland, Oregon. They played five seasons in the Class A-Short Season Northwest League, from 1973 through 1977. Owned by actor Bing Russell, the Mavericks were an independent team, without the affiliation of a parent team in the major leagues. The title is from a line in Jim Bouton's 1970 book Ball Four: "Us battered bastards of baseball are the biggest customers of the U.S. Post Office, forwarding-address department."