Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story

Oct 1, 2010

1h 30m

★ 7.0

With the Major League Baseball on strike in 1994, America takes on professional Wiffleball as the nation's pastime

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.

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

Ted 'The Wiffler' Whitfield

Ross Patterson

Willie 'High-Sox' Hamilton

Joey Kern

Kiki Hamilton

Christine Lakin

Kristy Kittens

Alanna Ubach

Paps 'Pure Plastic' Patterson

Richard Gant

Fran Whitfield

Edi Patterson

Petey Sinclair

Nick Thune

Shannon Storm

Louise Linton

Kim Dominguez

Jaime Bergman

Dave 'Curvey' McNernery

Chris Tarantino

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