This is a light-hearted episode in the vein of the holosuite baseball episode, occuring just before the Federation abandons Deep Space Nine.
Everyone is depressed about the potential of war with the Dominion, when Jake learns about the availability of a Willie Mays rookie baseball card at an auction. It will be just the thing to cheer up his baseball-loving father. He enlists Nog's aid, but they don't have enough money to get the card.
Jake says it's destiny to get the card, and they start negotiations with the auction winner. The winner decides they aren't involved with the soulless minions of orthodoxy and agrees to work with them.
Jake insists that they keep their plan a surprise from everyone on the station. Their plan requires a series of favors exchanged. In the end, everyone is happy: Bashir gets his "teddy bear" back from Leeta, Worf gets to listen his operas in perfect pitch, O'Brien gets to shoot the rapids on the holosuite, Kira gets a standing ovation for her speech at the agricultural delegation. Even Weyoun gets a chance to go into a life enhancing machine.
Of course, Sisko revels in his Willie Mays card, but doesn't understand why everyone else is so upbeat.
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