 One day, when the car that he and girlfriend Bobbie (Bracco), who also is employed by the team, are driving breaks down on a rural road, Virgil happens upon a country boy named Sammy Bodeen (Corbett) who has a pitching arm worthy of the major leagues.Greeted back in Anaheim with considerable skepticism, Virgil arranges a tryout for Sammy.The boy is wild at first and Virgil's great find appears to be a big joke.