In 1908, a fictional baseball team, the Wolves, Opening Day on the road against the Washington Senators (1901-1960), and later the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Indians, all American League teams. Two of its players, Eddie O'Brien (Gene Kelly) and Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra), are also part-time vaudeville. The ball club's status quo is turned on its head when the team winds up under new ownership, and the distress this causes the team is only increased when the new owner is revealed to be a woman, K.C. (Katherine Catherine) Higgins (Esther Williams). Eventually, Dennis falls for her, and then Eddie as well, while Dennis is the object of the affections of an ardent fan, Shirley Delwyn (Betty Garrett). All of them must contend with a number of gangsters led by Joe Lorgan (Edward Arnold (actor)) looking to win a big bet by impairing Eddie's play and getting him kicked off the team.<ref name="TCM">[http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=30058&mainArticleId=194225 Take Me Out to the Ball Game] at Turner Classic Movies</ref>