After he has no place left to go, the burned-out former baseball pitcher Kenny Powers returns to his hometown in Shelby, North Carolina, where he ends up working as a substitute gym teacher at his old school, while he attempts to have a Major League comeback.
As Kenny Powers travels back to the United States to play in Myrtle Beach, he realizes that he is growing older and shouldering new responsibilities. He tries to separate between his personal life and his career.