Prohibition and prosperity will provide the perfect opportunity for local entrepreneur and brothel owner, Eva Coo, to commit a heinous crime that would lead her to be known as the infamous Mallet-Murderess.

A renegade FBI agent sparks an explosive mob war between gangster crime lords Legs Diamond and Dutch Schultz.

As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.