They put balls back in the game.
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.
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Kurt Russell
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Todd Field
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Jim Bouton
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Lou Russell
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Ken Wheeler
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Jack Faust
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Carren Woods
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Nick Bertram
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Robert Richardson
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Frank Peters
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Rob Nelson
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Jim Swanson
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