Pete risks losing his dream job when he tries to save the star player from a bat-corking scandal by stealing the bat in question; Betsy gets suspended from school for an outlandish prank and must help her mother at work as punishment.
When Conrad enters a hitting slump, and Pete witnesses him talking in secret with a groundskeeper, suspicions arise he is planning on cheating with a corked bat. Meanwhile, while suspended from school Betsy is forced to go to work with Lynne.