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Chapman and Maclain Ways energetic telling of one of baseballs great unheralded stories is as much about independent spirit as it is about the game When Portland Oregon lost its longtime minorleague affiliate Bing Russellwho briefly played ball professionally before enjoying a successful Hollywood acting careerbought the territory and formed a singleA team to operate outside the confines of majorleague baseball When they took the field in 1973 the Mavericksthe only independent team in Americastarted 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 ballplayers dreams and he understood an audience His quirky unkempt castoffs won games and they won fans shattering minorleague attendance records Their spirit was contagious and during their short reign the Mavericksa restaurant owner turned manager lefthanded catcher and blackballed pitcher among thembrought independence back to baseball and embodied what it was all about the love of the game JN
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