macon (ill.)

Tells the story of a small-town baseball team from Illinois in 1971.

Tells the story of a small-town baseball team from Illinois in 1971.

Recounts the journey of hippie, dreamer, and intellectual Lynn Sweet, who arrived in Macon, Illinois, in 1966 and became the reluctant coach of the high school baseball team, leading the Macon Ironmen through an improbable season to the state final.