Three strikes and you're dead : a Murder, she wrote mystery : a novel
(Book)

"Based on the Universal television series created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson & William Link."

"First Obsidian printing"--Title page verso.

"An Obsidian mystery."

"Visiting her old friends Judge Jack and Meg Duffy in Arizona, Jessica Fletcher watches their foster son hit the winning run for the Mesa Rattlers in a AA league playoff game. She and the Duffys are thrilled at Ty Ramos's success, but team owner Harrison Bennett is not. His son Junior and Ty are bitter rivals, and the tension at the team dinner later that evening threatens to empty the dugouts." "By the next morning, Junior Bennett is dead, his head caved in with a baseball bat. He and Ty were last seen fighting outside a bar, and Ty can't remember the rest of the night. The Duffys rescued him from a tough childhood, but now it looks like all their hopes and his hard work are a washout." "Jessica finds it hard to believe that such a fine young man would wreck his life in a moment of anger. And when she starts looking into the Rattlers' recent season, she finds out that for some people, baseball is more than just a game."--Jacket.