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6 astonishing facts about baseball's biggest misfits, the minor
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Portland Mavericks – Mavericks Independent Baseball League
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Inventor of Big League Chew talks about getting in the bubble gum
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Portland Mavericks – Mavericks Independent Baseball League
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IN PHOTOS: Mavericks Night at the Hops, Sports
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Stephen Strasburg, former Nationals ace and '19 World Series MVP
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Hollywood actor Bing Russell embraced Portland's wild, weird 1970s
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Jim Bouton dies at 80
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The Incredible History of Big League Chew
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