Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story
With the Major League Baseball on strike in 1994, America takes on professional Wiffleball as the nation's pastime
2010 · 1h 30m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Tommy Reid
Overview
Story takes place during the MLB strike of 1994 when the nation turned its eyes to the sport of wiffleball. We follow the the pursuit of Ted Whitfield as he tries to break the homerun and his subsequent battles with substance abuse.
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