Baseball player Jos? Mendez worries about his poor performance with the bat and fears disappointing his father, a former ballplayer with an outstanding batting average.
When the diabolical Damien Black robs a bank and steals a tiger-eye of great sentimental value, he is pursued by thirteen-year-old Dave Sanchez and his sidekick, a talking gecko named Sticky, who are armed with a magical Aztec armband.