100+ years ago Los Angeles baseball was big, and Walter Settle dominated the mound. During the late 19th century, baseball was not just limited to certain eastern cities. It was everywhere in America, and it was never more serious than in Los Angeles County.
In 1890 the tall, robust, 14-year-old Walter Settle pitched for a small community just north of his hometown in Los Angeles County. He was an exceptional baseball player who dreamed big, aimed high, and devised a system to make it happen. So remarkable was Settle's pitching arm, it eventually caught the attention of Baltimore Orioles' manager Ned Hanlon.
Inspired by the life of a true baseball hero and the history of Norwalk, California, "Dream Season" reveals a young man's ambition to play professional baseball, his unrelenting push for pitching perfection, his family's disdain for the sport, and his disappointments and triumphs along the way.