Magic Time

Mike Houle is a college all-star second baseman in his junior year when he turns down a fourth-round draft pick offer from the Montreal Expos. He'll finish his business degree and try his luck again next year. But Mike's final year in college sees his performance take a downward slide, and his big league dreams are going the way of his stats. When Mike's agent offers him a chance to play in the Cornbelt League in Iowa, he just can't refuse. But while Mike can handle the isolation of living in Grand Mound, it's not long before he starts to see another side to this apparently idyllic rural settlement.