Cooper (Matthew Broderick), a newspaper editor held back at work after a debilitating concussion, travels home to rural Missouri to visit his senile Uncle (Alan Alda) who is on the verge of losing his home. When a valuable baseball card is thrown inso the mix, these two men along with a motley group of hometown friends, including Cooper's highschool sweetheart, (Virginia Madsen), head to a memorabilia expo to make the deal of a century.