Ten-year-old Sam Green shares a special friendship with an older man named Davy; both love the Dodgers. When Davy suffers a heart attack and lies dying in the hospital, Jackie Robinson gives Sam an autographed baseball for Davy. But even this wonderful gift cannot prevent Davy from dying.Ten-year-old Sam Green shares a special friendship with an older man named Davy; both love the Dodgers. When Davy suffers a heart attack and lies dying in the hospital, Jackie Robinson gives Sam an autographed baseball for Davy. But even this wonderful gift cannot prevent Davy from dying.