THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL - newportFILM Outdoors DRIVE-IN presented by Kirby Perkins Construction

For the second year in a row, newportFILM brings you one of your favorite throwback summer past-times... a DRIVE-IN!

"A quixotic Hollywood actor (and father of Kurt Russell) brazenly takes on Major League Baseball in this rousing underdog story."
- Variety 

Suggested Donation: $5
RSVP at: http://bit.ly/1qs8kUZ

THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL
This film is a DRIVE-IN!
Presented by Kirby Perkins Construction
Easton's "First" Beach 
175 Memorial, Newport, RI

Lot opens starting at 6:00 PM
Film begins at sunset (approx. 7:50PM)

- Pre-film music
- Director Champan Way will introduce the film
- Free bike valet courtesy of Bike Newport, tune ups for a small charge
- Tallulah on Thames taco cart & Le Petit Gourmet will be on-site selling food
- Picnics welcome

Suggested Donation: $5
RSVP at: http://bit.ly/1qs8kUZ
Watch trailer: http://bit.ly/1qs8kUZ

Rain Venue: Casino Theater, 9 Freebody Street, Newport 

"A charming movie that transcends "America's Game."
- The Hollywood Reporter 

ABOUT THE FILM:
Chapman and Maclain Way’s energetic telling of one of baseball’s great, unheralded stories is as much about independent spirit as it is about the game. When Portland, Oregon, lost its longtime minor-league affiliate, Bing Russell—who briefly played ball professionally before enjoying a successful Hollywood acting career—bought the territory and formed a single-A team to operate outside the confines of major-league baseball. When they took the field in 1973, the Mavericks—the only independent team in America—started with two strikes against them. What did Deputy Clem from Bonanza know about baseball? Or Portland, for that matter? The only thing uniting his players, recruited at open tryouts, was that no other team wanted them. Skeptics agreed that it could never work.

But Bing understood a ballplayer’s dreams, and he understood an audience. His quirky, unkempt castoffs won games, and they won fans, shattering minor-league attendance records. Their spirit was contagious, and during their short reign, the Mavericks—a restaurant owner turned manager, left-handed catcher, and blackballed pitcher among them—brought independence back to baseball and embodied what it was all about: the love of the game. 

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