Burned out and broke, former Major League pitcher Kenny Powers returns to his North Carolina hometown. After moving into his brother's house, he takes up a job as a middle school gym teacher, the same school he once attended. Brimming with undeserved confidence, Kenny sets his sites on winning back his old high school girlfriend April, who is engaged to the school principal.
Unsure about selling his Jet Ski for extra money, Kenny hopes to work out a car endorsement deal with a car dealership, but the dealer wants to make some demands which may possibly be dangerous. Later, Kenny and Clegg crash a dance for a middle school.
Stevie gets a scoop on Kenny's possible competition when he hears of a promising young high school pitcher. Cassie wants to sell off all of Kenny's baseball memorabilia on the computer. Meanwhile, Kenny makes a commitment to a new exercise regimen.
Kenny develops a hunger for romance while at a barbecue hosted by April and Terrence. Stevie creates a DVD of Kenny's greatest moments in an effort to get another shot at the major leagues.
Kenny feels like giving up on his plans for a comeback, until he meets up with an old adversary who's shilling for Ashley Schaeffer.
Kenny says goodbye to his hometown once again after accepting an offer to try out for a big-league job in Florida.
Kenny Powers heads to Mexico to lick his wounds and start a new, more anonymous life. Befriended by a neighboring Mexican family and a sultry bar singer named Vida, Kenny emerges from "the darkest hole I've ever been in" by planning a comeback.
Roger warns Kenny about the perils of showboating; Kenny has competition in his courtship of Vida.
Kenny considers a new full-time life working in Mexico.
In the third-season premiere, Kenny finds himself in Myrtle Beach, S.C., as the closer for a minor-league baseball team, but he also has a reunion with April for his son's first birthday in his North Carolina hometown.
Kenny tracks down Stevie, who's working at Ashley Schaeffer's car dealership, when he heads north with the baby to find April.
Pro scout Roy McDaniel (Matthew McConaughey) asks Kenny to take a promising Russian pitching prospect under his wing; Stevie takes stock of Shane's status while negotiating his return to Kenny's entourage.
Kenny thinks his son, Toby, is cursed, and might be to blame for a recent run of bad luck; and later tries to bond with Shane's puritanical family. Meanwhile, Stevie is racked with guilt.
Kenny gets surprise visitors, and tries to regain control of the team by throwing the mother of all Fourth of July parties. Meanwhile, Stevie frets over delivering bad news to Maria.
Kenny tries a new pitch while attempting to be a better man and more responsible father; Stevie can't shake his feelings of remorse.
Kenny hopes to get back on his coach's good side and return to his spot on the pitching staff, but his bumpy ride on the road to redemption continues. Meanwhile, Stevie tries to make things right with Maria.
In the series finale, Kenny's future with the Mermen is altered by a twist of fate just as he's coming to terms with his new life.