被殴打的棒球#@^杂种

剧情简介

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s )it; is abo^?ut %*(the game. Wh%,en -Portland, Oregon, lost its longt\im?]@e minor-l_\=- eague -^affiliat!_e, Bing Russel%l—w^ ho brie_`f$ly pl!  ayed b=,all pr/$=#ofessionally#% bef,o; re enjoyi
\\ng ?),`a suc`cessf)_ul Hollywood acting care+er.[—b[)$ough/)`t the te--$rrito@) ry and formed a s#`\!ingle-A team to .,@]opera:` te out* side`, the confines of; major-league basebal[l. Wh%en they t
ook the /:`field in 1973,! the Mav/ericks—th([[e only independent te`am ,^in A+m!:erica—@]started_]+ with two strikes( agains/[t them.* What did Dep-((uty Clem(; from `Bonanza* know about baseball?
 Or$ P:ort]@land, for tha*t m atter? The only thi$ng unit;:in;g his players, r+!.ecr !uited ^=at!: ope_n try `outs, was% that no o:ther team wanted them. /#Skepti\cs agreed that i\$t could -never work.　　B+,ut B@ing understood a ba 
)$llplayer’s dreams% +, and =]he understoo]d ^$+an a_#:udience. Hi s quirky, unkempt cast]offs _,(won .:gam,+/es, and t/
hey! won fans, sha#^ttering min]_(or-.])le
*a,gue attendan%?`ce records. Thei/$)r spi^r!it was+% contagi*ous, and duri;]
-ng their short rei_gn-], the Ma v.er[[icks-—a restaura
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-\] manag@er, left-hande;` d c^atcher, and blackb`!$a:lled#% pitcher among them—broug ht i.nd! e%pe=]
nde%nce back t,o base(*# ball a -nd embo died wh!;_a;` t it was all about(: =]the!*! l_[ove -@of th
e`@* gam,e.　();=　- J.N.