Baseball dreamers speak of naturals in the game. Johnny Mitchum was a natural. Rescued from the obscure sandlots and pastures of rural Missouri and supplanted to the city lights of St. Louis, young Johnny Mitchum, affectionately nicknamed 'Rube', ascended to stardom in his first season, carrying the Cardinals through the playoffs en route to the Championship. He only got better in succeeding seasons, posting numbers that placed him among the upper echelon of baseball royalty. Yet the brightest star often casts the darkest shadow. As Johnny Mitchum is pulled toward greatness, other forces work against him in a battle with horrific and agonizing consequences.
