The Battered Bastards of Baseball: The Forgotten Story of the Portland Mavericks
The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a Netflix documentary series that chronicles the 1973 Portland Mavericks, an independent minor league team that challenged the Major League Baseball (MLB) reserve system by signing “undesirables” and outcasts. Directed by Stephen Dunn, the series uses archival footage and interviews to detail the team’s struggle against the institutional monopoly … Read more