 The hitting record of Joe Di Maggio is about to broken by a black player. Now a person who feels that it is sacred threatens that player if he breaks the record. Lou Mattoni, a detective, who is a little racist, is assigned to the case, and he is also forced to work with Altman Rogers, an FBI agent who is black. While the two of them don t particularly care for one another, they try and do their best to get this guy before he makes good on his threat.