Bush Leaguers is an irreverent comedy-adventure comic book series
about a down-and-out baseball team, set in the rough-and-tumble world of
Gilded Age New York, written by Robert McKeon and Sam Fletcher, and
illustrated by Joe Flood, published by Scout Comics.
The Brooklyn Bridegrooms are the scourge of late nineteenth-century New
York. The cranks hate them, the team owner is plotting to shut them
down, and Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt wants to lock them up.
Most of the team are indifferent to their plight, save for one player:
Skip Lapwhistle, the alter-ego of a former seamstress who dons a fake
mustache and a baseball cap, and traded life in the sweatshop for life
on the diamond. With the team on the brink, it's up to Skip to rally the
team, stop the team owner's plot, evade Roosevelt's clutches, and bring
back the spirit of the game to the City.