KJ leaves his hometown for the first time as he enters college, hoping to walk on to the school's baseball team. He meets Ginger, a constantly changing girl who strikes an interest in him. KJ succeeds in making it through the first day of tryouts and goes to an off-campus party where he runs into Ginger again. They hit it off and KJ is on top of the world. In his excitement he phones home to tell his parents the great news of his college experience so far but quickly discovers that they have no interest in hearing how he's been doing.

The second day of tryouts arrives and the coach tells KJ he has seven pitches to make the team. After throwing a strike with his first pitch, three batters in a row reel off home runs off him, cutting his tryout short. Devastated by his performance, he goes to Ginger's dorm to find some comfort and finds her in bed with another guy, putting KJ into a complete tailspin. In an act of fury he destroys the batting cage facility when he finds a voicemail message from his parents. In the message, his parents tell KJ how proud they are of him and that they are excited to let him spread his wings and become his own person. The head coach walks into the facility and discovers KJ there and invites him to try out again next year. A few months later, the opening day of college baseball season has arrived and we end on KJ in the bleachers for the home opener with Ginger alongside him.