小男孩欧文似乎并不关心外面世界的经济大萧条。他只醉心于棒球运动，并最为崇拜扬基队的棒球巨星巴伯。他热衷于观看扬基队的每一场赛事，并梦想成为赛场上的一员。然而，棒棒落空的小欧文认定自己不是棒球的料子。他和会说话的棒球斯克鲁维结成了朋友，两人都有一肚子的伤心事。
爸爸在扬基队工作，在爸爸的带领下，欧文来到后台，却意外地碰上了一件大事：巴伯的球棒不翼而飞了！为了让担当保管不力罪名的爸爸保住工作，为了帮偶像巴伯寻回心爱的球棒，欧文出发了，他在坏人手中重获被盗的球棒打算还给主人，然而巴伯正在参加世界棒球比赛，欧文踏上了寻找棒球英雄之路。

Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.
Lyrics of Danny boy
Oh Danny boy, the pipes,
the pipes are calling
From glen to glen,
and down the mountain side
The summer's gone,
and all the flowers are falling
'Tis you, 'tis you
must go and I must bide
But come ye back
when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed
and white with snow
'Tis I'll be there
in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy,
I love you so
And when you come,
and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead,
as dead I may well be
Ye'll come and find
a place where I am lying
And kneel and say
an "Ave" there for me
And I shall hear,
though soft your tread above me
And all my grave
shall warmer sweeter be
For you will bend
and tell me that you love me
And I shall rest
in peace until you come to me
But if I live
and should you die for Ireland
Let not your dying thoughts
be just of me
But say a prayer to God
for our dearest Island
I know He'll hear
and help to set her free
And I will take your pike
and place my dearest
And strike a blow,
though weak the blow may be
Twill help the cause
to which your heart was nearest
Oh Danny Boy, Oh, Danny boy
I love you so.