As the 2009 World Series approaches, Summer Caravella is more concerned with her three youngsters weathering their dad's absence. The Yankees and Phillies raise a diversion for Nat, Erika, and Skye Sims but their mother uses old flame Dan Bailey to ease her memories.The Nation's Pastime and a magical rutabaga balance hearts crushed by one man's enduring solution. Jody Sims has been dead for all of baseball season, but Dan Bailey edges a ghostly father from most minds. But not all; one of Jody's friends carries a torch for Jody's ex-wife. As Summer attempts to make peace with Jody's memory, she battles falling in love with the last man to see Jody Sims alive.