After sending in countless letters, Pete Young is finally accepted to his dream job - as bat boy for the New York Empires. His first day turns out to be a tough one as he is teased by the head bat boy and has a prank pulled on him my Conrad Dean, the teams star player. But bigger problems arise as an irritable player asks Pete to take his Ferrari to the player's garage. When he gets there, he is shocked to find it is closed. Fearing the worst, he keeps the car overnight. But his secrets come out when his school principal finds out he skipped to work the game. And it gets even worse when he is pulled over in the Ferrari - where drugs are discovered. The player tells him to claim they are his and he'll get to keep the Ferrari. But it's too late, Pete's mom has found out about his job so Pete relents and tells the truth. The fans boo, but Lou informs him you haven't arrived until you're booed. As his dreams crumble though, Conrad Dean appears at his house to persuade his mom to let Pete r

When Pete sees some suspicious talkings between the slumping Conrad Dean and the shop worker of the Empires, suspicions arise that the Dean is using a corked bat. And Pete cheats on a paper to cover up his grades which are also slumping. Betsy is suspended from school and has to go to work with her mom.

With their mom out on a date, it's a night out of the house for Pete and Betsy. Pete spends his night at 'hell night', an annual hazing for rookie bat boys, while Betsy lies and goes out to a bar. But both situations turn out to be a little more difficult that Pete and Betsy imagined.

When Conrad Dean is rumored to be on the trading block, Pete desperately rounds up some fans to get a petition signed. But when he can't get to see the team owner, he resorts to selling a fake story about Ellis Hayes being traded, in return for a story on the petition. But when Dean finds out, Pete learns a much harder lesson than he bargained for.

When an efficiency expert determines Lou is no longer needed, a more capable equipment manager is hired. But the the bat boys unite in an attempt to get Lou back. And Betsy feels betrayed when another girl's mother lays into her about her lifestyle, while Lynne, says nothing in her defense.