 The Japanese, having already defeated Qing China (1895) and signed an alliance with the United Kingdom (1902), defeated Imperial Russia (1905), and came to an understanding with the United States (the Taft-Katsura Agreement of 1905) to respect each other's colonial "Spheres of Influence" in the Pacific.In these chaotic times, an eclectic group of Koreans find refuge in the quintessentially American pastime.The film plays out as a flashback, experienced by a young Korean boy, as he, like his great-great grandfather prepares to play baseball.