Nick Crandall feels like he doesn't belong anywhere. He never has felt like he belongs, really. He doesn't fit in this new family with his new foster parents, both of whom are professors. They don't know the first thing about sports--and he's not exactly a model student. It's...
Feeling he doesn't belong with his foster parents, 12-year-old Nick also feels he shouldn't be catcher for the varsity baseball team. Nick needs to prove himself wrong--that he does, indeed, belong.