It is good to be loyal to your team.
Max is playing in the last game of the season for a recreational softball team and if they win the team will make the playoffs.
Max doesn't want to play any more softball games.
Max plays the game as well as he can and the team makes the playoffs, but Max tells his teammates that he can't play in the playoff game.
Max intentionally drops a fly ball causing his team to lose, so they don't make the playoffs.
Max's teammates are disappointed that he can't play in the playoff game, but they're excited to have made it there.
Max's teammates are upset, but they quickly get over the loss.