Collin Drake learns the Negro league is scouting for new ball players but he doesn't just want a chance for himself, he wants his whole team to be acquired. With little, or no money, Drake and his friends seek the assistance of a well to do store owner, Riley Hansen. To seal their deal, Collin exchanges his questionable friendship with Faye Moore for her relationship with baseball scout, Pitman Brady. Bitterly disenchanted with her husband's meager income, lack of attention to her and his growing thirst for baseball, Radine Drake sets a path of destruction for Collin and his teammates.