# The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)

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**Runtime**: 80 min
**Genres**: Documentary
**Directed by**: Chapman Way, Maclain Way
**Starring**: Kurt Russell, Todd Field, Jim Bouton, Lou Russell, Ken Wheeler, Jack Faust

> *They put balls back in the game.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Slap Shot without skates. Bing Russell, character actor and father of Kurt, decides to start a baseball team. A joyful portrait of lovable losers, and a reminder that baseball was not always a corporate behemoth.

**Mood tags**: cozy, tender, uplifting

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