Jeff Polman

Ball Nuts: a Mad 1977 Baseball Replay Odyssey Jeff Polman

BALL NUTS traces the daily fortunes of six baseball-crazy inmates who escape from a Squallpocket, Maine hospital via a mysterious time warp to experience a wild, funkified, and re-imagined 1977 baseball season. Red Sox fanatic Carlton "Buzz" Gip shares the narrative duties with Mikey from Philly, Dodgers old-timer Sherman Wayman, Reds groupie Crazy Amy Gulliver, Bronx brother Friendly Fred and midwest schizophrenic Lester Creech (who roots for four teams at once). No Astroturfed ballpark or 1977 cultural icon (Star Wars, Groucho Marx, Elvis Presley, John Lennon) is left unattended. Meanwhile, Squallpocket's reputable psychiatrist Dr. Sheila Grossinger and Seamus Headley, a corporate spook masquerading as the ward's cryptic "sweeper", are hot on their trail...