Screwball

Screwball largely shares the story of  Anthony Bosch and his primary role in the Biogenesis scandal that rocked Major League Baseball in 2013. After obtaining his medical license in Belize, Anthony got into the anti-aging field, which inevitable led him to steroids, human growth hormone, and other drugs. Through happenstance, he started prescribing to weightlifters, and eventually started working with  professional athletes, including baseball players Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, and many others. Eventually, the lab's clientele were leaked to the press and the lab was investigated by the Florida Department of Health and Major League Baseball. Many of the stories are re-enacted with child actors.

Released 2018; Runtime 105 minutes

Concepts

• Baseball: The beginning focuses on the Steroid Era of baseball and the changes that were implemented in its wake. Once the Biogenesis scandal broke, MLB bribed and threatened witnesses as part of their investigation into it.
• Doping: Anthony found ways around the new rules and regulations that MLB created, so he was able to help athletes dope in a manner that allowed them to evade detection via the testing protocols that were in place. He explains that he popularized "microdosing" with athletes.
• Ethics: Anthony did not stop for very long to think about the ethics involved in giving PEDs to athletes, or even to student-athletes as some of his clientele were in high school. This latter point landed him in legal jeopardy as he was giving PEDs to minors.