Rapid Dreams

It's the summer of 1957, and a small Western city is thrilled by its new ball team, a motley mix of touted collegians dreaming of Big League stardom and salty ex-pros hoping for one last shot at "The Show."

By their exploits on the ballfield, they unite the town in a baseball fever, but their involvements off the field threaten three local families at the heart of the story-one white, one Black, and one half-Jewish.

Meet Joel, the Jewish pitcher from New York, and Clarence, the former Negro L...