Baseball is a kids' game - but if adults and big money are involved, the stakes get a lot higher than they are on the sandlot. When Major League Baseball puts out a call for a city interested in hosting a new team, Nashville Mayor Kent Gables follows the suggestion of an eccentric ex-ballplayer and a mysterious group of would-be owners to submit a bid. As Gables sees it, landing a Major League team would vault Nashville into the ranks of top tier cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Matters quickly get complicated, though. Skip Goodman, Orlando's mayor and a bitter personal rival of...