Billy Chapel on juhlittu baseball-tähti. Hänellä on kaikkea - upea urheilu-ura sekä rakkaussuhde kauniiseen naiseen. Yhtäkkiä Billy saa tietää, että hänen seuransa harkitsee hänen myymistään. Samanaikaisesti Billyn tyttöystävä Jane päättää ottaa etäisyyttä ja muuttaa Lontooseen. Koko Billyn elämä tuntuu hajoavan käsiin, kun hänen on valittava kahden elämänsä rakkauden välillä - baseball vai Jane.
On Texasin kuuma kesä vuonna 1980. Baseballstipendin saanut Jake muuttaa opintojensa perässä vanhaan omakotitaloon, jossa koko joukkue asuu tulevat opiskeluvuodet. Talossa on vain kaksi sääntöä -ei tyttöjä talon yläkertaan ja alkoholin nauttiminen on tiukasti kielletty. Säännöt on toki tehty rikottavaksi ja ennen koulun alkua heillä on yksi viikonloppu aikaa hitsata tiimihenki timantinlujaksi ja ottaa ilo irti vapaudesta, ankarasta bilettämisestä ja ihanista opiskelijatytöistä. Ohjaaja Richard Linklaterin odotettu ?jatko-osa? mestarillisen aidolle ja viihdyttävälle Dazed and Confused -elokuvalle perustuu edeltäjänsä tavoin Linklaterin omiin opiskeluvuosiin.
Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher. Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.
A young boy, J. Shuro, meets the legendary pitcher Eiji Sawamura in the Philippines during World War II. Sawamura shares his dreams of one day gathering the nine Astro Superhumans – who all were born nine minutes and nine seconds past nine on September 9th of the 29th year of Showa (1954) and all have baseball-shaped birthmarks on their bodies – to form the ultimate baseball team capable of beating the Yomiuri Giants and any U.S. Major League team. When Sawamura dies during the war, Shuro decides to help fulfill his idol’s dream and goes in search of the nine ball players. But the team that is formed does not play ordinary ball. These extraordinary players demonstrate extraordinary plays on the field and some will not stop until everything – even their lives – is left on the field.
This definitive docuseries chronicles the Red Sox's journey to their first World Series title in 86 years via interviews with star players and personnel.
