Portland's Punk Rock Baseball Team

Episode 10 February 04, 2022 01:01:58
Portland's Punk Rock Baseball Team
Baseball is Dumb
Portland's Punk Rock Baseball Team

Feb 04 2022 | 01:01:58

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Show Notes

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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Sources
Battered Bastards of Baseball – Netflix, 2014
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/portland-mavericks-kurt-russell-mlb-documentary
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=russel001nei
https://www.mlb.com/news/why-there-are-no-left-handed-catchers-in-mlb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanza
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=russel001kur
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=e8eb342f
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=a7557ff5
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=thomas002reg
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/meet-the-nuttiest-baseball-team-the-northwest-has-ever-seen/
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/07/18/Former-pro-baseball-manager-sentenced-to-prison-for-drug-sex-counts/1503616737600/
https://miscbaseball.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/remembering-the-portland-mavericks/

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