少年棒球队国手出身的布店老板阿隆（侯孝贤饰），他和阿贞是青梅竹马。阿贞（蔡琴饰）是某企业的高级助理员工，她总是期想着能够尽快结婚移民美国，改变目前的生活处境，向往着美好未来。阿隆乐于帮助别人，像开出租车的少棒朋友阿钦（吴念真饰）等等。他有着浓郁的怀旧情结，常去棒球场边观看。 　　面对周围激烈变化的社会，阿隆和阿贞交往的是不同人群，彼此不可避免地渐有远离，感情出现了裂缝。后来，阿隆被爱慕阿贞的一个年轻人刺伤，独自坐在路边等待。逐渐昏迷中，他仿佛重新看见了参加少棒比赛的记忆画面。Lung, a former member of the national Little League team and now operator of an old-style fabric business, is never able to shake a longing for his past glory. One day, he runs into a forme teammate who is now a struggling cab driver. The two talk about old times and they are struck by a sense of loss. Lung is living with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a westernized professional woman who grew up in a traditional family. Although they live together, Ah-chin is always weary of Lung's past liason with another girl. After an argument, Ah-chin tris to find solace by hanging out with her sister's friends, a group of westernized, hedonistic youths.