Louis, who loves baseball despite being the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be bat boy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs.
Hubie, who desperately wants to make the little league team in Spring, receives a new mitt from his mom and practices hard, but when he becomes sick, his big opportunity might escape him.
Chronicles the history and accomplishments of the Atlanta Braves baseball team, introduces key players and personalities associated with the team, and includes photographs, statistics, fun facts, and a time line.
Willie, a boy growing up on the north side of Chicago in 1942, is disheartened when a neighbor tells him his skin color prohibits him from ever realizing his dream of playing professional baseball, but his hopes are revived when he sees an exhibition game at Wrigley Field between an astonishing Negro League team and players from the Major Leagues.