When he is offered the managership of his home-town's sand lot team, old Henry Lewis' thoughts of an ideal time form the point of departure for the recounting of the skills of nine great players, one for each position. Christy Matthewson, Babe Ruth, Willy Mays- are some of the ones whose best plays are talked about and argued out, in friendly fashion. At the end, Henry has become inspired enough to want to make his own team the best.