Compelled to retire prematurely due to a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller relocates with his wife and two children to a new house. Despite facing the challenges of his condition, Ray harbors a secret desire to defy the odds and make a comeback in professional baseball. To convince his wife Eve, he emphasizes the enjoyment the new home’s sparkling backyard swimming pool will bring to the children while also presenting it as a means of therapeutic exercise for his own physical recovery.