被殴+\打的棒球杂种
简介
Ch)._apman an?d Mac -]!lain Way’s e/ner :getic t@elling of+! one of baseball’s grea?t , un +#heralde#d ?_storie_- s is as much$ about ,.,indepen=\dent spi :rit :;@[as !it. i.,s a+bout % th@?e game. W+ ,hen Portlan+ d, Oregon, lost its l ongt^im %e/) minor-%%league affil `iate, Bing );$-Russell—who briefl\^,y pl*ayed ba[)ll % professionally bef\;ore enjoying a s uccessful Holl[ @ywood a\#@cting -[career—#;] bo*^ ]ught the ter\^ritory a`nd fo?=,;r;med a.% s=!?ingle-A tea!#)m to:=[ op\:erat(,e ou[ )tside\! t he conf( !ines of m/+a^(jor-l \eague base ball. Whe#!n they took] the field i!#;.n _1973, the^ Mavericks—the only ind+[,ependent @+ te. -^am in A[# merica—started wit[/h+ [\t [ wo strikes against@ @!them. What did Deputy Clem =@fro(m Bona%+[nza know about bas_e ba =$ $ll? Or Portland, for?,! that m ?a tter? The (_$o ?,n !ly thing uniting his ?.? players, recrui ;:ted at o?!]$p= en tr _%youts, was,. tha[*t n o other team wanted t `hem. S @ke]]ptics a@!greed that [;i ^t could never work. _Bu)t$$ Bi*-;ng u ^nderstoo;d a )\[ball player-:#’s dreams#., and %. * +[he understood\ an audience. His quirky, unkempt\ cast)/offs @;w*+on games, ,[an+ d+ the.;[y won fans , shattering minor-lea:. gue^ attendance records. #=Their spirit was contag^] ious, and !/du./rin%g their sh=,!o\[r t reign, the *.M@avericks($\—a re# $s\$;taurant owner turned* !manager;@, ]left-handed catc_her,),` a? )=nd blackballed pitche -r a mong [!them—brou \/g$[?[ht independe\\^nce back to ba!^seball`(%= ;+ and ] em $bodied what `?i\t /wa)]]s a+[^`l^l about: the [l]ov` [e of the game. - J.N.