The baseball bargain

First you have to understand about Woody and baseball. he would rather bat .300 than get an A in school, not that he had much hope of either. When Leo Slade offered him a place on a real team in return for a first-class glove, Woody accepted. That was the first bargain. The result: Woody was accused of shoplifting.

The next bargain was with Mr. Stoneham, owner of Stoneham's sporting goods store. If Woody accomplished three good deeds, for strangers and within twenty-four hours, Mr. Stoneham would employ Woody in the stockroom to earn the baseball glove. Woody clutched at this bargain too and set off on a wildly funny series of misadventures that disrupted a baseball game and deflated Leo Slade.

Scott Corbett bats .300 in this high-humored mixing of the frailties of human nature and dreams of baseball glory.