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In 1987, baseball players arrived in Salt Lake City to play for the Trappers, an unaffiliated team in the lowest level of the minor leagues. All had been passed over by professional scouts, and the Trappers represented their last shot at getting to the big leagues. The players knew they would have to do something special to earn a ticket to the majors. What they did was both unexpected and incredible. Over a three-month span, the unlikely band of outcasts and misfits gelled into a powerhouse machine that won an astonishing 29 games in a row, the longest winning streak ever produced at any level of professional baseball. It was a feat that captured the world's imagination and earned them a spot in baseball's hallowed Hall of Fame-a brace of successes that many thought would earn them the coveted shot at their ultimate dream. Yet not a single player made it to the major leagues. Told in a unique two-act structure, The Streak is the remarkable story of the players who lived that magical, bittersweet season. Three decades later, still haunted by the ghosts of failure, they wrestle with lingering issues of self-worth, generational grief, spiritual awakening, addiction, their place in baseball history, and the ultimate challenge-how to pick up the pieces when your dreams fall apart.