A man prays.

Seth Ward comes home for dinner only to find his house empty and his family inexplicably absent. As he awaits their return, he grows hungrier and hungrier.

In order to find himself, "Me" (Jim Stark) must find the courage to journey into the wilderness of lost identity. Will he see himself there? And if he does, will it make a difference?

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.