Fourth grade best friends Ray and Graham try to avoid the class bully, have fun with a substitute teacher, and get the attention of the girls they like while concentrating on winning the Little League Championships.
Basic instruction in the skills of baseball--pitching, catching, and fielding--as well as in selecting adequate equipment and keeping scores and records.
The school in Mayfield Crossing is closed and the studentsare sent to the larger Parkview school where the African-Americans students encounter racism for the first time; however, they all stick together and find that baseball just might be the thing that brings them all together.
While Allen is playing the most important game ever, his grandpa fights for his life in the hospital, which makes Allen want to win the game even more, but he's facing his biggest challenge, Hank "The Tank" Steele.