全片由真人真事改編，棒球選手傑基羅賓森在美國職棒布魯克林道奇隊總經理布蘭奇瑞基(哈里遜福特飾)的堅持之下，被簽進美國大聯盟，成為美國職棒大聯盟史上第一位非裔美國人球員，黑白球員分隔的棒球政策將永遠改寫。 1947年4月15日，羅賓森穿上他的第一件背號42號的道奇隊制服，以先發一壘手的身分登上大聯盟。同年羅賓森亦獲得該年度新人王，並於1949年獲得國家聯盟的最有價值球員獎

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.

Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one-man show presented before a live studio audience.

Documentary about the final performance of the "Brooklyn Baseball Cantata" led by Cantor Suzanne Bernstein in a small local reform synagogue.