Chapman and Maclain Way’s energetic telling of one of baseball’s great, unheralded stories is as much about independent spirit as it is about the game. When Portland, Oregon, lost its longtime minor-league affiliate, Bing Russell—who briefly played ball professionally before enjoying a successful Hollywood acting career—bought the territory and formed a single-A team to operate outside the confines of major-league baseball. When they took the field in 1973, the Mavericks—the only independent team in America—started with two strikes against them. What did Deputy Clem from Bonanza know about baseball? Or Portland, for that matter? The only thing uniting his players, recruited at open tryouts, was that no other team wanted them. Skeptics agreed that it could never work. But Bing understood a ballplayer’s dreams, and he understood an audience. His quirky, unkempt castoffs won games, and they won fans, shattering minor-league attendance records. Their spirit was contagious, and during their short reign, the Mavericks—a restaurant owner turned manager, left-handed catcher, and blackballed pitcher among them—brought independence back to baseball and embodied what it was all about: the love of the game. - J.N.
演员:詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 杰西卡·查斯坦 比尔·斯卡斯加德 比尔·哈德尔 索菲娅·莉莉丝 杰克·迪伦·格雷泽 菲恩·伍法德 杰登·马泰尔 特洛伊·詹姆斯 哈维尔·博泰特 杰·瑞恩 斯蒂芬·金 杰克逊·罗伯特·斯科特 杰里米·雷·泰勒 泽维尔·多兰 杰克·威利 尼古拉斯·汉密尔顿 杰丝·威克斯勒 詹姆斯·兰索恩 瓦耶特·奥莱夫 欧文·泰格 艾赛亚·穆斯塔法 安迪·比恩 蒂奇·格兰特 泰勒·弗雷 贾森·福克斯 乔森·雅各布 斯蒂夫·博加尔特 洛根·汤普森 杰克·辛 维尔·贝布林克 安东尼·尤埃西
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