Alan is asked to be on a television show that showcases young baseball players in a competition at Ebbets Field, winning him the chance to meet Pee Wee Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Depressed after not winning the competition, he goes to visit his father at work while the family worries about his whereabouts.

During the family gathering for Succoth, a Jewish thanksgiving ceremony, free-spirited Aunt Sylvia, who follows the "beat" movement, announces that she is getting a divorce from her husband. Sophie is horrified when Sylvia says she is stifling in the marriage and desperately tries to talk her out of her decision.

Katie is so upset that her school science project didn't work out properly that Alan "fixes" the results for her, which only serves to make her more upset; meanwhile, George and Grandpa annoy the women in their lives when they resort to doing a favor for Sid's cousin Morty (the loan shark) to get tickets for a Harry Belafonte concert.