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Follow the journey of a sensitive jovial country youth baseball star from age 6 to 16, as he struggles to find happiness and success guided by a special relationship with his baseball coach, who ultimately cant protect him from the forces that take his life. This story explores the emotional impact of texting and first love on teenagers, with a look inside their actual communications taken from police statements, text messages and interviews.
6 year-old Chance Smiths mother calls him her "blue baby" because as an infant he would scream himself blue and pass out. "Born intense" as Coach Mike says. Baseball, he assures her, will help with that. Baseball helps with everything. With Coach Mikes unique guidance, Chance learns to quiet his anxiety and discover his natural gifts. Dominant both at bat and on the pitchers mound, 12 year-old Chance is the heart of the Flash, Coach Mikes select baseball team. Chances newfound sense of focus and balance sees him through trouble with schoolwork and the thrill of his first love, as well as wins and losses during the baseball season. But when a new player captures Coach Mikes attention, Chances anxiety rises again. He begins acting out at home and disobeying Coach Mike on the diamond. He leads the Flash to victory, but the looming end of the baseball season casts a shadow over even that. By the age of 16, Chance is a star player and a beloved class clown. But his anxiety remains, and it darkens everything around him.
Matthew Modine
Mike
Blake Cooper
Chance 16
Amanda Leighton
Brooke
Tanner Buchanan
Colton
Jennifer Baxter
Michelle Smith
Peter Holden
Burley Smith
Gattlin Griffith
Ben 16
Pamela Daly
Nina
Jake Hertzman
Chance 12
Lukas Eaby
Chance 6
Michelle Gardner
Principal Miller
Zane Porter
Ben 12
Peyton Slack
Ben 6
Mason Raterman
Brad 16
Luke Pappano
Brad 12
Travis Cooper
Brad 6
Anthony Clark
Coach Anthony
Austin Hutson
Karl 12
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