Star athlete Alan Kagan ("the best high school baseball player in Brooklyn") is one of many Brooklyn Dodger fans awaiting yet another World Series vs the crosstown Yankees, whom they've never beaten. As the 1955 World Series plays out, the prodigal 16 year-old is forced to navigate a gathering storm, as his baseball future, first love, and the fabric of his close-knit family all threaten to come apart.

SYNOPSIS:

September 27, 1955. The baseball-crazy Flatbush section of Brooklyn. The World Series is about to get underway, with the favored New York Yankees once again squaring off with the borough's own Brooklyn Dodgers. The teams have faced each other in FIVE World Series since 1941, with the Yankees winning each time. In fact, while the Bronx Bombers have won an astounding SIXTEEN World Series going into the '55 Fall Classic, the "Bums from Brooklyn" have yet to capture a single title.

High school senior ALAN KAGAN, a huge Dodger fan, lives with his parents NATHAN and IRENE, and grandfather ABE, in an apartment just a few blocks from Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers play their home games. Alan is well-known in the borough; he's the best teenage ballplayer in all of Brooklyn. Both the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves offer him guaranteed contracts, which would take him directly to the minor leagues after graduation. Alan's uncertain of his future. An excellent student, his parents want him to be the first in the family to attend college.

Mega-fanatic Dodger fan Abe goes all the way back to the beginning with the team. His "suffering" over the years of painful defeats... legendary. Nathan and Irene are also diehard fans. Irene is set to leave her job as housekeeper to a Long Island family. Nathan is moving on from his position at a machine factory. The family is going into business with Nathan's wealthy older brother BARON, who runs a bar and grill called "The Red Baron" near Ebbets Field. Baron purchases a bowling alley in Woodmere, Long Island, and stakes Nathan to a 50% share. Nathan sports an eyepatch, a result of an injury suffered at the machine factory. It's unknown whether his vision will return once the patch and bandages come off. Nathan's condition has put a mild strain on his marriage to Irene. He's afraid to be intimate; there's a slight chance he could further damage his eye.

Alan has known LANA PIERCE since elementary school. They begin a tentative romance as the World Series begins.

THOMAS McGURN writes for the Brooklyn Eagle, the local paper. His 'beat' is Baron Kagan's bar, where he'll follow the World Series. McGurn's been in love with Irene from afar for years. She feels an intense attraction to him and they begin chatting at the bar... under the quiet-but-always-watchful eyes of Baron.

Against this backdrop, the 1955 World Series plays out. It's an epic, seesaw battle, with the Yankees and Dodgers both having the upper hand at various points. The close-nit Kagan clan experiences major life changes as the on-field drama unfolds, some of which threaten to tear the fabric of the family and community apart.