With his new partner, Pat Tuesday, George scopes out journeyman baseball player Roy (Lefty) Cobb talent of hitting a ball at 143 miles per hour for a wicked batting average...but someone else is also watching Cobb.
George and Pat get a call from their old Los Angeles boss: Chief Thad Green who tells them that the Despair Diamond from an earlier case and donated to charity, is in fear of being stolen again at a gala in Monterey, California.
Captain Greco sends George and Pat on loan to the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) where a counterfeiter is ruining the monetary unit of a tiny Monaco-like kingdom ruled by a teenager.
Armed with a search warrant, Captain Greco and George search Pat's apartment, where they believe a particular (and very expensive) bracelet has been stolen and hidden by her.
George and Pat question the victims, most of whom turn out to be YOGURTs (Young Overbearing Greedy Upwardly-mobile Rude Twerps) robbed of unusual appliances while staying at the Poconos Paradise resort in Pennsylvania.