13 Jul 2011
The Curious Case of Curt Flood
Inside the life of former baseball star Curt Flood whose fight against MLB's 'Reserve Clause' led to reform, but destroyed his career.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
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.
Top Billed Cast
Kurt Russell Himself
Todd Field Himself
Jim Bouton Himself (voice)
Lou Russell Herself
Ken Wheeler Himself
Jack Faust Himself
Carren Woods Herself
Nick Bertram Himself
Robert Richardson Himself
Frank Peters Himself
Rob Nelson Himself
Jim Swanson Himself
Larry Colton Himself
Jon Yoshiwara Himself
Johnny Carson Himself (Archive Footage)
Bing Russell Himself (Archive Footage)
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On Oct. 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PT, soon after Al Michaels and Tim McCarver started the ABC telecast for Game 3 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, the ground began to shake beneath Candlestick Park. Even before that moment, this had promised to be a memorable matchup: the first in 33 years between teams from the same metropolitan area, a battle featuring larger-than-life characters and equally colorful fan bases. But after the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake rolled through, bringing death and destruction, the Bay Area pulled together, and baseball took a backseat.
