Jessie leaves Pete numb when she ends their relationship without any explanation. However, a heartbroken Pete is somewhat cheered when he is invited to join the team for their Los Angeles road trip. Pete uses the trip as an outlet to get over his girl, but he can't seem to get her out of his mind. Meanwhile, Betsy ends up at Rikers after she gets arrested for stealing and using a credit card to pay for her one-way ticket to ""freedom.""

When Conrad Dean is rumored to be on the trading block, Pete desperately rounds up some fans to get a petition signed. But when he can't get to see the team owner, he resorts to selling a fake story about Ellis Hayes being traded, in return for a story on the petition. But when Dean finds out, Pete learns a much harder lesson than he bargained for.