The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.

二次世界大战的美国，日本人都被强制送入集中管制所，在美国生活的日裔美国人也是遭此待遇。为了走出战争时的困难状况，一个日裔家庭决定在管制所举办棒球训练营，用棒球来寻求自己的生活出路。