Good or bad, money can be a major factor in everyone's lives. In the lives of Charlie Shaw and his family, however, it's what makes them happy and what makes them popular. When they move into the small town of Falls Creek, divisions of people who have known each other for years begin to occur, and the town becomes split by the creek that bears its name. On the north side resides the Shaws and those who have latched on to their money to try and better themselves, their social status, and their baseball team's bottom line. On the south side, there is no influence, only layoffs at the factory. Layoffs and sadness and depression. Gabe "Honus" Wagner is a senior at Falls Creek High school, and his family is feeling the crunch of the layoffs, his father slipping deeper and deeper into depression. All Gabe wants is a chance to get to the regional game where he and his senior friends will get to display their talents for the scouts of the nation's biggest schools, but Nate Shaw - Charlie Shaw's freshman son - has other ideas. Can Gabe overcome the misguided lure of money as well as help his father out of his depression, or will he lose his chance at a scholarship and his dreams? Driven to succeed, he has to do whatever it takes with no hate in his heart.