At the beginning of high school, Neil "Bull" Larsen has one goal in mind-to play baseball as long as he can. But the next four years aren't always easy, on or off the field. He's got an absentee mother, a best friend who's even more fanatical about the game than he is, and a choice to make between the girl he's always loved and the one who loves him.

As graduation nears, Bull's got to decide-is making baseball his whole life what he really wants?