Once upon a time in Portland, Oregon Bing Russell started the greatest punk rock band in the history of baseball. Hilarity and corporate fuckery ensues.Correction: I misspoke about the inflation of Bing's settlement. The amount is 881K in 2022 money.

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Battered Bastards of Baseball – Netflix, 2014
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/portland-mavericks-kurt-russell-mlb-documentary
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