The main character is named Reuven. He is a Hasidic Jew and is on his schools soft ball team. The coach's name is Mr. Galanter, he is not Jewish, he teaches at the near by high school. On this June afternoon they are going to play the Orthodox Jews at baseball. The Orthodox Jews are more strict than the Hasidic. The game starts out as a normal game and as it progresses it becomes more like a "war". The Orthodox  are rough players. They can hit, but they aren't very good at being in the infield. The Hasidic Jews are getting beat up pretty badley. Danny Saunders seems to be the Orthodox main palyer. Now it is the top of the 5th,(only 5 innings are permitted due to school) the last chance for the Orthodox to score and they are trailing 3 to 5. Reuven's team is ahead.