Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story (2010)
With the Major League Baseball on strike in 1994, America takes on professional Wiffleball as the nation's pastime
90 min
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.
- Release date
- October 1, 2010
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
- Music
- Greg Morgenstein
Cast
- Ross Patterson as Ted 'The Wiffler' Whitfield
- Joey Kern as Willie 'High-Sox' Hamilton
- Christine Lakin as Kiki Hamilton
- Alanna Ubach as Kristy Kittens
- Richard Gant as Paps 'Pure Plastic' Patterson
- Edi Patterson as Fran Whitfield
- Nick Thune as Petey Sinclair
- Andy Milder as Rick Brumfield
- John DiMaggio as Kip Caray
- Richard Riehle as Umpire Joe Francia
Crew
- Tommy Reid · Director
- Ross Patterson · Writer
- Aimée Flaherty · Producer
- Tommy Reid · Producer
- Greg Morgenstein · Composer
- Reinhart 'Rayteam' Peschke · Cinematographer
- Dean E. Fronk · Casting director
- Donald Paul Pemrick · Casting director
- Heidi Shepherd · Casting director
- Luca Ognibene · Production designer