1 00:00:00,042 --> 00:00:02,712 Randolph is old enough to be your father. 2 00:00:02,795 --> 00:00:04,505 At least let him live long enough 3 00:00:04,588 --> 00:00:06,298 to dole out our meal money before you give him a heart attack. 4 00:00:07,425 --> 00:00:09,301 [Jessica] Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 5 00:00:09,385 --> 00:00:12,263 Hell of a hit, Mike. You must have swung with your eyes open. 6 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:14,557 I got each of you boys a fair amount of money to play ball this year. 7 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,350 So that’s what you do, you play ball. 8 00:00:16,434 --> 00:00:18,811 [chattering] 9 00:00:18,894 --> 00:00:19,937 I hope you don’t think that I’m... 10 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:21,731 -...butting in here. -Butt away, ma’am. 11 00:00:21,814 --> 00:00:24,400 If you’re so interested in male anatomy, 12 00:00:24,483 --> 00:00:28,571 I can give you a good look at mine - all of it. 13 00:01:19,497 --> 00:01:22,541 [laughing, chatting] [Jessica] Yes, that’s right. 14 00:01:22,625 --> 00:01:24,585 I’m trying to reach my nephew Johnny Eaton. 15 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:28,839 But he couldn’t have checked out yesterday. 16 00:01:28,923 --> 00:01:32,718 No. No, I told him that when I finish my writers’ seminar here in Scottsdale, 17 00:01:32,802 --> 00:01:36,931 I’d drive over to Tucson and watch him in spring training. 18 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:40,351 Yes. Yes, I understand. 19 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,770 Thank you. 20 00:01:42,853 --> 00:01:44,939 [knock on door] 21 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:51,070 -Good morning. -Good morning. 22 00:01:51,153 --> 00:01:55,366 Your, uh, car to Tucson is ready when you are, Mrs. Fletcher. 23 00:01:55,449 --> 00:01:57,785 Well, I’m afraid I’ve had a change of plan. 24 00:01:57,868 --> 00:02:00,704 There’s a noon flight to Boston that I’d like to catch. 25 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:05,960 Yes, ma’am. I’ll have the concierge call and make a reservation for you. 26 00:02:07,044 --> 00:02:09,004 Wait. Did you see this? 27 00:02:09,088 --> 00:02:10,881 [groans] Did I see it? 28 00:02:10,965 --> 00:02:13,843 This is my nephew on the front page. 29 00:02:13,926 --> 00:02:16,136 [chuckles] -Your nephew is Mike Warlop? 30 00:02:16,220 --> 00:02:18,889 No, my nephew is Johnny Eaton. 31 00:02:18,973 --> 00:02:23,143 Warlop’s the best hitter my Comets have had in 20 years, 32 00:02:23,227 --> 00:02:26,188 and they go and trade him for these two nobodies. 33 00:02:26,272 --> 00:02:28,399 Nobodies? 34 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:30,734 -Oh, uh, no offense. -Just a moment. 35 00:02:30,818 --> 00:02:33,487 This says that they train here in Scottsdale. 36 00:02:33,571 --> 00:02:36,740 Yes, ma’am. Comets always stay in this inn. 37 00:02:36,824 --> 00:02:39,994 Ballplayers are good tippers. At least the stars are. 38 00:03:04,393 --> 00:03:07,396 Listen to me. "Traded" does not mean "let go." 39 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:10,441 The Comets really wanted you guys very badly this year. Remember that. 40 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:12,818 Al, what they wanted was the five million in cash. 41 00:03:12,902 --> 00:03:15,571 We’re just the " two players to be named later" who was named now. 42 00:03:15,654 --> 00:03:17,990 I lost the glove I pitched my triple-a no-hitter with. 43 00:03:18,073 --> 00:03:19,575 -What do I do, Al? -What do you do? 44 00:03:19,658 --> 00:03:21,118 What do you do? You play ball. 45 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:22,995 I got you two guys a fair amount of money to play ball this year, 46 00:03:23,078 --> 00:03:24,955 so that’s what you do, you go out and play ball, 47 00:03:25,039 --> 00:03:27,374 whether you make the Comets’ major league roster 48 00:03:27,458 --> 00:03:29,376 or they send you down to a farm club. 49 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:33,380 -I heard the Comet fans boo at funerals. -Listen. This swap makes sense. 50 00:03:33,464 --> 00:03:35,382 Mike Warlop is 35 years old. 51 00:03:35,466 --> 00:03:38,510 That shoulder injury he got last season sat him down for a month. 52 00:03:38,594 --> 00:03:42,222 Not since Campy and Newcombe have I seen battery mates like you two guys. 53 00:03:42,306 --> 00:03:45,684 Why don’t you prove it? Show me what you got. 54 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:50,981 Come on, Charley. Let’s play ball. 55 00:03:54,151 --> 00:03:56,028 [chattering] 56 00:03:59,448 --> 00:04:02,534 It’s gonna be weird seeing Mike Warlop in a Titan uniform this afternoon. 57 00:04:02,618 --> 00:04:03,869 Trading Mike for two guys you never heard of... 58 00:04:03,953 --> 00:04:06,580 nothing lasts forever, I guess. 59 00:04:06,664 --> 00:04:08,582 Damn owner keeps up this youth movement, 60 00:04:08,666 --> 00:04:10,876 I won’t last till Fourth of July fireworks night. 61 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,504 [laughs] 62 00:04:17,383 --> 00:04:20,678 [man] Hey, look. The young guys are out. 63 00:04:22,846 --> 00:04:24,932 Well, well. 64 00:04:25,015 --> 00:04:28,727 Looks like the two guys on the front page of the Scottsdale herald. 65 00:04:33,857 --> 00:04:35,317 Welcome aboard, fellas. I’m Pete Briggs. 66 00:04:35,401 --> 00:04:37,152 Johnny Eaton. 67 00:04:37,236 --> 00:04:39,113 -Hey, Johnny. -Charley Holcombe. I’m a catcher. 68 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:41,699 K-Kel! You’ve always been griping about 69 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:43,617 catching both ends of a double-header. 70 00:04:43,701 --> 00:04:47,413 -Well, help’s on the way. -Wake me when it gets here. 71 00:04:47,496 --> 00:04:49,081 Kel has a fear of young catchers 72 00:04:49,164 --> 00:04:51,333 who can squat and get up without help from the umpire. 73 00:04:51,417 --> 00:04:53,836 Come on. I’ll introduce you to the brains of the organization. 74 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:57,464 -Mr. Randolph, the owner? -No. Harry Dial, the manager. 75 00:04:57,548 --> 00:04:59,550 Harry Dial? Maybe we ought to change first. 76 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:02,469 Relax, Johnny. Harry’s temper is just eyewash for the press. 77 00:05:02,553 --> 00:05:04,471 Hey, Skip! Look here. 78 00:05:04,555 --> 00:05:07,683 Fresh blood. 79 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:11,729 With this that publicity hound Randolph expects me to win a pennant? 80 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:14,314 [chuckles] I must be stupid. 81 00:05:14,398 --> 00:05:17,401 I thought I was gonna set a club record by lasting a full season. 82 00:05:17,484 --> 00:05:19,403 Now you hold on there a second, Sir. 83 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:22,406 My roomie’s fastball has been clocked at 95 miles an hour. 84 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:24,450 And the bus that’ll take you two bozos 85 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:27,036 back to the minors was clocked at 110. 86 00:05:27,119 --> 00:05:30,497 [man] Cover yourselves. Female on premises. 87 00:05:30,581 --> 00:05:33,667 [chattering, hooting] 88 00:05:33,751 --> 00:05:35,669 Okay, get it out of your system, fellas. 89 00:05:35,753 --> 00:05:38,338 This is going to be a daily occurrence. 90 00:05:38,422 --> 00:05:42,843 Meet this season’s new TV pregame show hostess. 91 00:05:46,430 --> 00:05:48,807 Let’s see. 92 00:05:48,891 --> 00:05:52,186 Johnny Eaton, 16 and 6 last year with Evanston. Big fastball, so-so curve. 93 00:05:52,269 --> 00:05:54,313 [man] Not bad. 94 00:05:54,396 --> 00:05:56,982 Charley Holcombe, 112 ribbies, 22 homers. 95 00:05:57,066 --> 00:05:59,026 You did your homework, miss Lee. 96 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:02,988 I called the Titans for your stats, and your hometown papers. 97 00:06:03,072 --> 00:06:05,866 Well, I’d like to talk ribbies with you anytime, ma’am. 98 00:06:05,949 --> 00:06:07,451 [Dial] Loretta. 99 00:06:11,622 --> 00:06:12,748 Loretta, I’ve told you before, 100 00:06:12,831 --> 00:06:14,625 front-office personnel are not allowed in here. 101 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:17,294 Aw, Harry. 102 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:19,254 How’d you like to be my guest on the first TV pregame show 103 00:06:19,338 --> 00:06:20,881 we’re sending back home? 104 00:06:20,964 --> 00:06:23,675 Your guest? Oh, I get it. 105 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:26,720 Let me give you an education about something, young lady. 106 00:06:26,804 --> 00:06:29,640 Around here, ERA means "earned run average," 107 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:31,683 not "equal rights amendment." 108 00:06:31,767 --> 00:06:33,977 Catch up with the world, Harry. 109 00:06:34,061 --> 00:06:37,731 Mr. Randolph’s making changes on the broadcast team and on the field. 110 00:06:37,815 --> 00:06:40,025 Maybe even managerial. 111 00:06:40,109 --> 00:06:42,945 Randolph is old enough to be your father. 112 00:06:43,028 --> 00:06:45,239 At least let him live long enough to dole out our meal money 113 00:06:45,322 --> 00:06:47,032 before you give him a heart attack. 114 00:06:47,116 --> 00:06:49,618 Look, I take myself seriously, Harry. 115 00:06:49,701 --> 00:06:53,539 Maybe you should too. 116 00:06:53,622 --> 00:06:55,582 [chattering] 117 00:06:58,877 --> 00:07:01,213 [man] All right. Good throw. 118 00:07:01,296 --> 00:07:02,422 [man announcing on PA] For you Comet fans, a reminder 119 00:07:02,506 --> 00:07:03,882 that Wednesday is button day. 120 00:07:03,966 --> 00:07:07,386 Your favorite Comets on free buttons with every paid admission. 121 00:07:07,469 --> 00:07:10,764 And Mike Warlop buttons for sale in the parking lot. 122 00:07:10,848 --> 00:07:13,016 No trades accepted. 123 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:15,144 [man] Get your ice-cold beer here. 124 00:07:21,024 --> 00:07:24,528 [announcer] Your favorite snacks and Comets t-shirts for sale 125 00:07:24,611 --> 00:07:25,696 at the snack bars. 126 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:28,282 Go get ’em, Comets fans. 127 00:07:30,826 --> 00:07:33,704 -Jessica, there you are. -Johnny, no. You’re here. 128 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:36,123 I was already in Scottsdale. 129 00:07:36,206 --> 00:07:40,127 Oh, Johnny, you know, your mother and your family we’re all just delighted. 130 00:07:40,210 --> 00:07:42,880 The paper said this trade could be a big opportunity. 131 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:46,008 Well, the sportswriters don’t have to play for Harry Dial. 132 00:07:46,091 --> 00:07:48,677 -Oh, who’s Harry Dial? [Dial] Hey, Eaton! 133 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,346 Quit jabberin’ and get your butt in gear, 134 00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:55,517 or you and your aunt Minnie’ll owe me six laps around the field. 135 00:07:55,601 --> 00:07:58,896 [laughs] Maybe we should have dinner later at the hotel? 136 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:00,606 Yeah. 137 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:04,985 [man] Get your bats and helmets. Bats and helmets. 138 00:08:05,068 --> 00:08:07,779 -Excuse me. You must be Mrs. Fletcher. -Yes? 139 00:08:07,863 --> 00:08:10,199 Yes. Your nephew told me that we would be sitting together. I’m Al Sidell. 140 00:08:10,282 --> 00:08:12,826 -Oh, how do you do? -How do you do? 141 00:08:12,910 --> 00:08:14,953 You and Rex Stout are the ones that keep me awake 142 00:08:15,037 --> 00:08:16,830 when I travel the minor league motel circuit. 143 00:08:16,914 --> 00:08:19,416 -Very enjoyable company indeed. -Well, thank you. 144 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:21,710 Uh, are you with the Comets? 145 00:08:21,793 --> 00:08:23,879 Oh, no, no. The hat? No, I just bought that. 146 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:27,007 See, I used to be a sportswriter, and a couple of years ago 147 00:08:27,090 --> 00:08:30,219 I was doing a magazine piece on life in the minor leagues. 148 00:08:30,302 --> 00:08:32,721 That’s when I discovered your nephew and Charley Holcombe. 149 00:08:32,804 --> 00:08:35,057 Oh, yes, of course. 150 00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:38,769 You’re the man who got Johnny and his catcher their first pro contract. 151 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:40,896 Well, yeah, if you call a year in Arkansas 152 00:08:40,979 --> 00:08:44,775 for meal and haircut money a pro contract, I’ll go along. 153 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:47,778 There’s the manager. Have you met him? 154 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:50,822 Well, he has, uh, spoken to me. 155 00:08:50,906 --> 00:08:53,492 Harry, the question everyone’s asking: 156 00:08:53,575 --> 00:08:55,494 can a triple-a pitcher and an unproven catcher 157 00:08:55,577 --> 00:08:57,788 make up for the loss of a veteran slugger? 158 00:08:57,871 --> 00:09:00,249 Well, you fans back home read my lips. 159 00:09:00,332 --> 00:09:03,168 Come next October, you’ll be dancing in the streets. 160 00:09:03,252 --> 00:09:05,587 We’ll be right back with the starting lineups 161 00:09:05,671 --> 00:09:08,840 after a word from Sugarfoot Radial Tires. 162 00:09:08,924 --> 00:09:12,219 Admit it, Skip. She’s better-looking than the guy we had last season. 163 00:09:12,302 --> 00:09:14,763 [chuckles] -Hey, Roz! 164 00:09:14,846 --> 00:09:16,974 Hi, baby! Go get ’em. 165 00:09:19,434 --> 00:09:22,646 That’s Pete Briggs. Lifetime 306 hitter. 166 00:09:22,729 --> 00:09:25,023 308. I’m Roz, Pete’s wife. 167 00:09:25,107 --> 00:09:27,985 Hiya. And this is Kel’s wife, Nancy. 168 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:30,570 You’re sitting in the family section, Sugar. 169 00:09:30,654 --> 00:09:33,657 Right where I belong. I’m Johnny Eaton’s aunt. 170 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:35,033 You been down since camp opened? 171 00:09:35,117 --> 00:09:37,244 I have. Some of the boys 172 00:09:37,327 --> 00:09:40,998 need a little help resisting those baseball Annies. 173 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:43,250 -Baseball Annies, huh? -Yeah. 174 00:09:43,333 --> 00:09:45,836 That’s the women who find ballplayers attractive, 175 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,380 in or out of uniform. 176 00:09:48,463 --> 00:09:52,301 [chuckling] What I meant... -I know what you meant, Al. 177 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:59,349 [chattering] 178 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:05,522 What is that scoreboard flashing? 179 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,899 [Sidell] That’s WP, wild pitch. 180 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:18,327 [man] Steam it by. [man 2] Come on, Johnny. 181 00:10:42,768 --> 00:10:45,062 Callin’ for that fastball, 182 00:10:45,145 --> 00:10:47,397 it was like the manager or Kel 183 00:10:47,481 --> 00:10:49,524 wanted Johnny to throw the homer to Warlop on purpose. 184 00:10:49,608 --> 00:10:52,944 Maybe to show Johnny up. 185 00:10:53,028 --> 00:10:55,572 [laughter] 186 00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:58,367 Look at ’em over there. Probably laughing at me. 187 00:10:58,450 --> 00:11:02,496 Replaying it ain’t gonna change that pitch. 188 00:11:02,579 --> 00:11:03,789 Look, folks, I’m sorry, but I’m beat. 189 00:11:03,872 --> 00:11:06,625 I got a 20-minute drive back to my motel. 190 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:08,377 Oh, you’re not staying here? 191 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:11,755 Mr. Randolph is not responsible for my accommodations. 192 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:13,840 There’s one good thing about the Cactus Motel. 193 00:11:13,924 --> 00:11:16,760 The maids don’t barge in in the morning to change your sheets. 194 00:11:18,804 --> 00:11:21,640 -Good night, all. -Good night. 195 00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:28,397 Well, it’s three more here with the Titans, 196 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:29,856 then we travel to Yuma. 197 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:32,567 You makin’ the trip? 198 00:11:32,651 --> 00:11:34,986 I only got here this morning, honey, 199 00:11:35,070 --> 00:11:37,114 and that’s the second time you’ve asked me if I’m going to Yuma. 200 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,449 It’s just hard for me to entertain you, honey. 201 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:41,827 My mind’s only on making contact at the plate. 202 00:11:45,122 --> 00:11:47,958 So where’d she come from? 203 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:50,710 [no audible dialogue] 204 00:11:50,794 --> 00:11:53,755 You just make sure you make contact at the plate. 205 00:11:53,839 --> 00:11:56,883 Okay, honey? No place else. 206 00:11:56,967 --> 00:11:59,636 Frankly, Loretta, I wasn’t thrilled by your inference 207 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,264 that I got the shaft in the Titans trade. 208 00:12:02,347 --> 00:12:05,308 Well, I’m sorry, Mr. Randolph, but I’m not sure 209 00:12:05,392 --> 00:12:06,893 whether being strapped for cash 210 00:12:06,977 --> 00:12:08,645 or his calling you Mussolini in the papers 211 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:10,939 are reason enough to unload him. 212 00:12:11,022 --> 00:12:15,444 The man hit ten less homers last year than ever before. 213 00:12:15,527 --> 00:12:18,864 He’s a broken-down plug, Loretta, and I got five mil for him, 214 00:12:18,947 --> 00:12:21,992 plus a couple of fresh, young colts. 215 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:25,954 Now, why would the Titans want a broken-down plug, hmm? 216 00:12:26,037 --> 00:12:28,707 Or is there something I’m missing? 217 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:37,966 You weren’t wearing this last year. 218 00:12:38,049 --> 00:12:40,093 You’ve got a choice to make, my dear. 219 00:12:40,177 --> 00:12:43,513 You can go back to peddling mop-up relief pitchers 220 00:12:43,597 --> 00:12:45,515 at sneaker store openings, 221 00:12:45,599 --> 00:12:50,020 or you can enjoy giving the fans the starting lineup. 222 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:53,690 When I’m a million-a-year network sports anchor, 223 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:56,943 the fans can get their own starting lineups. 224 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:07,412 -Hello again. -Oh, hello. 225 00:13:07,496 --> 00:13:09,581 We met outside the clubhouse before today’s game. 226 00:13:09,664 --> 00:13:13,376 Oh, yes, of course. I really like the way you handle your show. 227 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,462 Thank you. 228 00:13:15,545 --> 00:13:18,924 I know this is gonna sound corny, but I really admire you. 229 00:13:19,007 --> 00:13:21,176 -Me? -Well, the hours that you put in 230 00:13:21,259 --> 00:13:25,430 to make it in a man’s world. I put in those hours, too, 231 00:13:25,514 --> 00:13:28,225 even if the things I know about broken-down plugs 232 00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:30,018 and fresh colts can’t be aired, 233 00:13:30,101 --> 00:13:32,020 at least, not right away. 234 00:13:32,103 --> 00:13:35,440 You know, I’m interviewing Johnny and Charley tomorrow, 235 00:13:35,524 --> 00:13:38,068 and I’m just a little confused. 236 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:40,737 Now, where did they first play together? 237 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:43,573 Well, I’m-I’m not sure, professionally, 238 00:13:43,657 --> 00:13:46,326 but I can tell you that Johnny was unbeatable 239 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:49,329 at Herbert Hoover high school in Waterloo, Iowa. 240 00:13:49,412 --> 00:13:52,040 Actually, it’s Charley I’m stuck on. 241 00:13:52,123 --> 00:13:57,462 Oh. Yes, well, he is, uh, bubbling over with boyish charm. 242 00:13:57,546 --> 00:14:01,550 Mrs. Fletcher, baseball isn’t a game about charm. 243 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:04,719 It’s a game about statistics. 244 00:14:04,803 --> 00:14:08,682 [chattering, laughing] 245 00:14:08,765 --> 00:14:11,685 -Aha! -[grunts] 246 00:14:11,768 --> 00:14:15,564 -Hey, nice out, cowboy. -Yeah. 247 00:14:15,647 --> 00:14:20,652 Irving, I sure hope your pitchers love me in September as they did today. 248 00:14:20,735 --> 00:14:24,906 Hell of a hit, Mike. You must have swung with your eyes open. 249 00:14:24,990 --> 00:14:26,992 Say, what is this, Loretta? 250 00:14:27,075 --> 00:14:30,495 Suddenly you’re no longer into community relations. 251 00:14:30,579 --> 00:14:32,664 Relations were always your best stat. 252 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,796 Any plans after dinner? 253 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,299 I’m making some calls, Mike. I’m a working girl. 254 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:44,342 Oh, no argument there. 255 00:14:44,426 --> 00:14:47,596 The lady said no, thank you. Knock it off, Irving. 256 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:50,432 -I don’t take orders from you anymore. [Dial] Hey, big Mike. 257 00:14:50,515 --> 00:14:53,268 A guy with your salary ought to be able 258 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:55,103 to find some lady in the bar for the evening. 259 00:14:55,186 --> 00:14:57,230 Oh, you mean that all the girls in here 260 00:14:57,314 --> 00:14:59,566 have already been bought. 261 00:15:01,359 --> 00:15:05,363 [gasps] [woman screams] 262 00:15:05,447 --> 00:15:07,532 [woman 2] Watch out! -Mike. 263 00:15:07,616 --> 00:15:09,618 [woman 3] Somebody call the cops. 264 00:15:09,701 --> 00:15:11,620 [patrons clamoring] 265 00:15:11,703 --> 00:15:15,707 Take it easy, Mike. Relax, relax, relax. Relax, Mike. 266 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:17,751 [woman] Please call the police. 267 00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:19,044 You better come with me, ma’am. 268 00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:21,296 He’s killing Mr. Randolph. 269 00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:24,466 From what I hear, that’s not possible. Let’s get out of here. 270 00:15:24,549 --> 00:15:26,676 You feelin’ better now, miss Lee? 271 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,678 A lot better, thank you. 272 00:15:28,762 --> 00:15:32,223 Uh, I don’t suppose that you got a soda handy, do ya? 273 00:15:32,307 --> 00:15:36,019 I sure do. Come on in, big fella. 274 00:15:39,314 --> 00:15:40,857 Anything pretty as you in Arkansas 275 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,651 was usually on the other side of the state line. 276 00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:44,694 [chuckles] You know, Charley, 277 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:46,988 you have that Lil' Abner routine down pretty good. 278 00:15:47,072 --> 00:15:49,824 [chuckles] But aren’t you a little too young? 279 00:15:49,908 --> 00:15:52,285 Why? How old do you think I am, ma’am? 280 00:15:52,369 --> 00:15:55,330 The Titans’ media guy has you down at 23. 281 00:15:55,413 --> 00:15:59,668 Mm-hmm. Well, Arkansas boys, they grow up kind of fast. 282 00:15:59,751 --> 00:16:02,629 What about you Mississippi boys? 283 00:16:02,712 --> 00:16:08,426 Oh, uh, well, most of the time, Arkansas girls throw them back. 284 00:16:08,510 --> 00:16:10,845 You know, Charley, if I had to guess, 285 00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:15,850 I’d put you at 25 or 26. 286 00:16:15,934 --> 00:16:20,355 I don’t suppose you ever played for a manager named Flip Phillips. 287 00:16:20,438 --> 00:16:23,149 No. 288 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:25,568 No, I-I never heard of him. 289 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:28,405 Listen, ma’am, I just remembered. I got 11:00 curfew. 290 00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:30,615 Oh, well, then we have almost two hours. 291 00:16:30,699 --> 00:16:33,618 But I promised Johnny I’d go over the hitters with him. 292 00:16:33,702 --> 00:16:35,161 Excuse me. 293 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:41,418 [knock on door] [man] Miss Lee? 294 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:45,088 Miss Lee, the bus is leaving. 295 00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:47,382 Oh, Mrs. Fletcher, I’m looking for Loretta Lee. 296 00:16:47,465 --> 00:16:48,633 So I heard. 297 00:16:48,717 --> 00:16:50,510 We haven’t actually met. My name is Avery Burns. 298 00:16:50,593 --> 00:16:52,721 I’m the team’s traveling secretary. 299 00:16:52,804 --> 00:16:53,722 How do you do? 300 00:16:53,805 --> 00:16:55,682 She was supposed to be downstairs 15 minutes ago. 301 00:16:55,765 --> 00:16:57,058 She’s gonna miss the bus to the field. 302 00:16:57,142 --> 00:16:59,144 I sure hope there’s nothing wrong. 303 00:16:59,227 --> 00:17:02,272 Well, maybe she started down earlier by herself. Or maybe she overslept. 304 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,858 Excuse me, miss. Could you open this door for me, please? 305 00:17:10,405 --> 00:17:12,073 [Burns] Oh, Lord! 306 00:17:22,417 --> 00:17:23,877 [chattering] [man] Yeah, I bagged everything. 307 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,253 [man 2] What time did you get here? 308 00:17:25,336 --> 00:17:27,547 I got here about a half hour ago. 309 00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:30,341 -Half hour ago? -Oh, I don’t know. You know how it is. 310 00:17:31,134 --> 00:17:33,303 Mrs. Fletcher? 311 00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:35,972 Did you see anyone enter or leave this room, 312 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:38,516 or did you hear some kind of a fight? 313 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,269 No, I’m sorry, Lieutenant Caseras. 314 00:17:41,352 --> 00:17:43,855 But miss Lee was alive last night at 9:00, 315 00:17:43,938 --> 00:17:46,441 because I saw her leaving the restaurant. 316 00:17:46,524 --> 00:17:49,486 -Oh? Alone? -With Charley Holcombe. 317 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:52,030 They were having some sort of row at their table. 318 00:17:52,113 --> 00:17:54,365 Oh! Yeah. Holcombe. 319 00:17:54,449 --> 00:17:57,160 One of those two rookie nobodies in the trade. 320 00:17:57,243 --> 00:18:00,330 One of the players in the trade. 321 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:04,125 Yeah. I read about the brawl in the morning paper. 322 00:18:04,209 --> 00:18:07,837 Wouldn’t be the first time Warlop and Randolph got into it over some woman. 323 00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:11,049 Lieutenant, the dress that miss Lee was wearing 324 00:18:11,132 --> 00:18:13,134 is the same one that she wore last night. 325 00:18:13,218 --> 00:18:17,305 However, her rather eye-catching necklace is missing. 326 00:18:17,388 --> 00:18:20,600 No kiddin’? Come here a second. 327 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:26,606 Empty credit card case. Missing necklace. Drawers open. 328 00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:30,902 Looks like she surprised a burglar, there was a fight, and she was killed 329 00:18:30,985 --> 00:18:33,613 when she hit her head on the table here. 330 00:18:33,696 --> 00:18:36,199 Oh. And I’d better alert the credit card company. 331 00:18:38,243 --> 00:18:43,206 Lieutenant, I wonder how this sliver of glass got here. 332 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:45,041 No. No glass broken during the struggle. 333 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:47,168 Maid must have missed it with the vacuum. 334 00:18:47,252 --> 00:18:49,921 Could have been there a day, a week. 335 00:18:50,004 --> 00:18:51,256 Maybe not. 336 00:18:51,339 --> 00:18:53,925 Better bag it with the other evidence. 337 00:18:54,008 --> 00:18:55,969 Lieutenant, the lab fella says 338 00:18:56,052 --> 00:18:57,929 he’s got two sets of fingerprints to work with. 339 00:18:58,012 --> 00:19:00,431 Okay. Then let’s wrap it up. Get that, would you? 340 00:19:00,515 --> 00:19:02,809 Why waste electricity? 341 00:19:11,442 --> 00:19:13,987 [man] All right, you guys go downtown, and I’ll hang around... 342 00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:21,703 I’m Lieutenant Caseras. 343 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:24,956 Look. Murder’s a messy business. 344 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:29,460 I’m sure a lot of you guys are probably a little uneasy. 345 00:19:29,544 --> 00:19:33,840 First of all, I want you to know that, uh, I’m one of you. 346 00:19:35,925 --> 00:19:40,471 A few years back I played semi-pro ball, flagstaff flames, 347 00:19:40,555 --> 00:19:43,474 until a knee injury forced me to hang ’em up. 348 00:19:43,558 --> 00:19:47,478 So I know what you’re going through. 349 00:19:47,562 --> 00:19:48,646 First you lose a shot at some pennant money 350 00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:52,066 in that so-called trade. 351 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:55,153 Now this. So... 352 00:19:55,236 --> 00:19:57,864 Charley Holcombe. 353 00:19:57,947 --> 00:19:59,866 Let’s you and me talk, son. 354 00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:07,040 You say you took her to her door last night, 355 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:09,208 but you didn’t go in her room. 356 00:20:09,292 --> 00:20:12,170 No, Sir. I just met her yesterday. 357 00:20:12,253 --> 00:20:17,216 One of my officers found this matchbook on her coffee table. 358 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:21,804 That’s from the Tucson plaza. 359 00:20:21,888 --> 00:20:24,974 Three days ago you were in Titan training in Tucson, 360 00:20:25,058 --> 00:20:26,184 and that’s where you stayed, huh? 361 00:20:26,267 --> 00:20:28,186 I-I must have forgot. 362 00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:31,439 I did go in, but just to have a smoke. 363 00:20:31,522 --> 00:20:33,191 Just a smoke. 364 00:20:33,274 --> 00:20:36,527 And maybe, while you were polluting your lungs, 365 00:20:36,611 --> 00:20:38,529 you made a pass, huh? 366 00:20:38,613 --> 00:20:41,908 Things got a little rough when she said no? Huh? 367 00:20:41,991 --> 00:20:45,119 [stammering] Sure, I tried, but she turned me down. 368 00:20:45,203 --> 00:20:46,621 You want my thinkin’ on it, Sir? 369 00:20:46,704 --> 00:20:48,706 She’s Mr. Randolph’s private reserve. 370 00:20:48,790 --> 00:20:53,211 Course, he’s old enough to be her granddaddy. 371 00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:55,213 Plowboy. 372 00:20:55,296 --> 00:20:58,091 You should have stayed a Titan, 373 00:20:58,174 --> 00:21:01,719 in more ways than one. 374 00:21:01,803 --> 00:21:04,055 But that makes no sense. 375 00:21:04,138 --> 00:21:07,016 I mean, why would the Lieutenant single out Charley? 376 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:08,476 Because he walked her to her room? 377 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:11,187 All I can say is, Charley’s real shook up. 378 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:12,939 Look, I know it’s gonna affect the way he plays, 379 00:21:13,022 --> 00:21:14,816 but that’s not the most important thing. 380 00:21:14,899 --> 00:21:17,110 I mean, this guy’s my buddy, and I’m worried about him. 381 00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:19,153 Well, yes, I can understand that. 382 00:21:19,237 --> 00:21:21,906 Aunt Jess, I know you were gonna fly back tonight, 383 00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:23,866 but the way things are, do you think you could stick around? 384 00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:25,910 Just until we get this thing with Charley settled? 385 00:21:25,994 --> 00:21:29,580 All right. I was planning to come to the game today anyway. 386 00:21:29,664 --> 00:21:32,083 Maybe I’ll stumble across something that will help. 387 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:33,209 Oh, thanks, aunt Jess. 388 00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:36,254 And with you there today, I know we’re gonna do real well. 389 00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:39,590 [announcer] And at the end of three, Titans 7, Comets 0. 390 00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:42,885 [crowd chattering] 391 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:47,306 -Hi. -Oh, hi. 392 00:21:47,390 --> 00:21:50,601 Wow. 7-zip already, huh? 393 00:21:50,685 --> 00:21:53,855 Well, at least Johnny and Charley haven’t caused the damage. 394 00:21:53,938 --> 00:21:55,982 Listen, I just heard about that Loretta Lee death 395 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:58,276 on my car radio. What’s going on? 396 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,112 -Do they think it’s some kind of a nut? -I wish I knew. 397 00:22:01,195 --> 00:22:02,905 My room was right across the hall from hers, 398 00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:04,699 so the police questioned me, 399 00:22:04,782 --> 00:22:06,701 but I didn’t see or hear anything. 400 00:22:06,784 --> 00:22:09,120 Just goes to show, you gotta be lucky just to be alive. 401 00:22:09,203 --> 00:22:11,122 I had a hell of an auto accident last night right near my motel. 402 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,041 Were you hurt? 403 00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:15,460 No, I’m fine. Just my wallet is gonna need major medical. 404 00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:17,587 I ran right into a telephone pole. 405 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,964 Cop had to come, call a tow truck, get me out of a ditch. 406 00:22:20,048 --> 00:22:25,261 Eaton. Let’s see how you handle a bat. 407 00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:28,347 [announcer] Now batting for the Comets, Johnny Eaton. 408 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,478 [chattering] 409 00:22:37,732 --> 00:22:39,692 [crowd roars] 410 00:22:39,776 --> 00:22:42,111 -Hey. [man] Cover third. Cover third. 411 00:22:45,073 --> 00:22:48,201 What does that mean out there on the scoreboard? 412 00:22:48,284 --> 00:22:50,161 Where? 413 00:22:50,244 --> 00:22:52,872 The letters PB. 414 00:22:52,955 --> 00:22:55,041 Oh, that means passed ball. 415 00:23:00,797 --> 00:23:04,133 [crowd roars] -You’re out! 416 00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:05,176 [announcer] Eaton hits into a double play, 417 00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:09,514 doubling up Costego and breaking his bat in the process. 418 00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:12,350 Really sawed it off. 419 00:23:13,976 --> 00:23:16,896 Next up for the Comets, Pete Briggs. 420 00:23:19,273 --> 00:23:22,693 Where’s my bat? 421 00:23:22,777 --> 00:23:24,695 Hey, rookie! 422 00:23:24,779 --> 00:23:28,199 Thanks a lot, man. You used my bat. 423 00:23:28,282 --> 00:23:30,785 What was all that about? 424 00:23:30,868 --> 00:23:32,829 Pitchers don’t use hitters’ bats. 425 00:23:39,127 --> 00:23:42,213 Sorry, man.It’s not like the game counts. 426 00:23:42,296 --> 00:23:44,924 I’ll find another one. It won’t happen again, Sir. 427 00:23:49,303 --> 00:23:51,806 My. That is quite a dent. 428 00:23:51,889 --> 00:23:54,809 Yeah. I couldn’t be satisfied with a rerun of Quincy. 429 00:23:54,892 --> 00:23:56,853 I had to go out for a beer and some conversation. 430 00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:59,814 Johnny, don’t worry about it. Tomorrow is another day. 431 00:23:59,897 --> 00:24:02,066 Yeah, the day I get shipped down to the minors. 432 00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:04,068 What is wrong with me? 433 00:24:04,152 --> 00:24:07,446 I lose my glove. I throw a home-run ball to Mike Warlop. 434 00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:11,033 Today I kill a rally and break Pete’s bat, and now the old soup bone’s sore. 435 00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:12,451 Soup bone? 436 00:24:12,535 --> 00:24:14,871 Yeah, that’s his arm. Did you tell the trainer? 437 00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:16,581 Tell him what, that I’m a Jonah? 438 00:24:16,664 --> 00:24:19,542 Listen. Every athlete has his off day. 439 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:21,043 You’re no jinx. 440 00:24:21,127 --> 00:24:23,629 No, aunt Jess? 441 00:24:23,713 --> 00:24:27,216 I show up, I say hello to a woman, I shake her hand, and she ends up dead. 442 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:30,386 Johnny, that’s ridiculous. Look, you’ve worked far too hard 443 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:33,931 to entrust your future to omens and curses. 444 00:24:34,015 --> 00:24:35,766 Come on. Let’s go get a bite to eat. What do you say? 445 00:24:35,850 --> 00:24:37,560 You go ahead. I don’t feel like eating. 446 00:24:40,188 --> 00:24:43,357 Doesn’t feel like eating? That kid is sick. 447 00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:52,200 Yeah, 9:00 Wednesday, department two. Don’t forget. Write it down. 448 00:24:52,283 --> 00:24:55,119 Okay. Good-bye. 449 00:24:55,203 --> 00:24:58,247 Mrs. Fletcher. Well, well, well. What brings you here? 450 00:24:58,331 --> 00:25:00,166 Well, it’s my nephew Johnny Eaton. 451 00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:03,169 He’s suffering from a terrible feeling of guilt. 452 00:25:03,252 --> 00:25:07,673 Yeah. I can understand how lousy he must feel 453 00:25:07,757 --> 00:25:11,844 killing the Comets’ pennant chances this season. 454 00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:14,805 Lieutenant, I’m not talking about baseball. 455 00:25:14,889 --> 00:25:18,226 He feels responsible for Loretta’s killing. 456 00:25:18,309 --> 00:25:21,187 Oh. Oh! 457 00:25:21,270 --> 00:25:23,481 He feels that he’s brought nothing but bad luck 458 00:25:23,564 --> 00:25:26,192 ever since he put on a Comets uniform. 459 00:25:26,275 --> 00:25:29,320 Yeah. I know. 460 00:25:29,403 --> 00:25:32,782 He should have never used Pete’s bat today. 461 00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:38,037 Look, excuse me, I-I hate to put a damper on this conversation with rationality, 462 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:42,708 but could we just set baseball aside for just a moment? 463 00:25:42,792 --> 00:25:46,379 Have you found out anything new about miss Lee’s killing? 464 00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:49,423 Well, we lifted two sets of prints from her hotel room. 465 00:25:49,507 --> 00:25:51,717 I guess that’s progress. 466 00:25:51,801 --> 00:25:55,221 One’s hers, we’re still trying to run down the other pair. 467 00:25:55,304 --> 00:25:59,016 And the autopsy report said she was killed around midnight. 468 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,894 Ah. And has the necklace turned up? 469 00:26:01,978 --> 00:26:04,355 No, and you know, that’s a funny thing. 470 00:26:04,438 --> 00:26:07,942 When we alerted the credit card companies that the cards were stolen, 471 00:26:08,025 --> 00:26:10,027 not one had reported any charges 472 00:26:10,111 --> 00:26:13,072 made from the time of the theft to the time we reported it. 473 00:26:13,155 --> 00:26:16,075 -Some bad coffee? -Oh, no, no, no. No, thank you. 474 00:26:16,158 --> 00:26:18,828 Lieutenant, I hope you don’t think that I’m butting in here. 475 00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:20,830 Butt away, ma’am. 476 00:26:20,913 --> 00:26:22,915 Well, it’s about her television set. 477 00:26:22,999 --> 00:26:27,378 It was on this morning, but it was tuned to a pay-movie channel. 478 00:26:27,461 --> 00:26:28,796 Yes, ma’am. 479 00:26:28,879 --> 00:26:32,258 Well, that sort of contradicts your theory. 480 00:26:32,341 --> 00:26:34,760 Well, I mean, to be surprised, 481 00:26:34,844 --> 00:26:36,679 she would have had to have left the room 482 00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:39,140 and then come back and then found the intruder. 483 00:26:39,223 --> 00:26:43,019 Right. And why would she pay for a movie if she’s going out? 484 00:26:43,102 --> 00:26:46,439 Well, what is far more likely is that she was sitting there watching the movie, 485 00:26:46,522 --> 00:26:48,941 somebody came to the door - somebody that she knew - 486 00:26:49,025 --> 00:26:51,444 and so she very willingly let them in. 487 00:26:51,527 --> 00:26:54,030 I’ll call the hotel, 488 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:56,282 find out what time she put on the pay-movie channel. 489 00:26:56,365 --> 00:26:58,909 There’s just one other thing, Lieutenant. 490 00:26:58,993 --> 00:27:01,537 This morning, I couldn’t help but notice 491 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:05,166 that you removed a piece of paper from Loretta’s nightstand. 492 00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:08,127 You mean this? 493 00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:11,797 It’s the phone number of a bail bondsman in Mississippi. 494 00:27:11,881 --> 00:27:14,800 His office took a call. He was out. 495 00:27:14,884 --> 00:27:18,637 And whoever it was, left Loretta’s hotel phone number. 496 00:27:18,721 --> 00:27:21,849 When he called back, she was already dead. 497 00:27:21,932 --> 00:27:24,393 He doesn’t know why she called. 498 00:27:24,477 --> 00:27:27,813 And neither do I. 499 00:27:27,897 --> 00:27:29,523 But cheer up. 500 00:27:29,607 --> 00:27:31,150 We’re making progress. 501 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:37,490 [Sidell] So I’m sittin’ in the press box, 502 00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:39,450 covering the old New York Giants for the old New York Telegram. 503 00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:41,285 It’s the bottom of the ninth. 504 00:27:41,369 --> 00:27:44,663 Bobby Thompson comes up against the Dodgers’ Ralph Branca, 505 00:27:44,747 --> 00:27:46,374 with the pennant on the line. 506 00:27:46,457 --> 00:27:48,250 -Bobby Thompson swings-- -Who’s Bobby Thompson? 507 00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:51,087 "Who’s Bobby Thompson?" 508 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:53,964 The Giants were once in New York? 509 00:27:54,048 --> 00:27:55,883 I don’t believe you guys. 510 00:27:55,966 --> 00:27:58,219 Excuse me, Harry. 511 00:27:58,302 --> 00:28:01,305 What do you say, Lieutenant? Belly up to the bar. I’ll buy you a drink. 512 00:28:01,389 --> 00:28:03,682 Thanks anyway. I’m on duty. 513 00:28:03,766 --> 00:28:08,062 Look. I have to know the whereabouts of your players last night 514 00:28:08,145 --> 00:28:10,439 around midnight, give or take an hour. 515 00:28:10,523 --> 00:28:13,734 What do I look like, a babysitter? Let me tell you something. 516 00:28:13,818 --> 00:28:17,321 Any of those clowns are not in their room by 11:00, it’s a thousand-dollar fine. 517 00:28:17,405 --> 00:28:19,949 Now, the second time, it’s five grand. 518 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:21,951 The third time... [chuckles] 519 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:23,994 well, I figure the broad is really worth it, 520 00:28:24,078 --> 00:28:26,080 and I get to keep the phone number myself. 521 00:28:26,163 --> 00:28:29,792 Well, did you assess any fines last night? 522 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:33,879 In this quiet burg? I was asleep by 11:00. 523 00:28:33,963 --> 00:28:36,674 If you’re asleep, how you gonna catch anybody? 524 00:28:36,757 --> 00:28:39,385 For what it’s worth, Lieutenant, 525 00:28:39,468 --> 00:28:42,888 -Roz and I went to bed around 11:00. -I can vouch for that. 526 00:28:42,972 --> 00:28:45,599 And like the Skip says, in a town like this, 527 00:28:45,683 --> 00:28:49,311 what are you gonna do that’s worth a thousand-dollar fine? 528 00:28:49,395 --> 00:28:53,357 -Especially when your wife’s in town. [chuckles] 529 00:28:53,441 --> 00:28:54,733 Lieutenant? 530 00:29:02,032 --> 00:29:04,994 Excuse me. 531 00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:07,246 Mrs. Fletcher? Thought you might like to know, 532 00:29:07,329 --> 00:29:09,582 you know that second set of prints we were working on? 533 00:29:09,665 --> 00:29:11,876 Well, we found them on a glass. 534 00:29:11,959 --> 00:29:13,794 On that tiny piece that I found on the rug? 535 00:29:13,878 --> 00:29:15,796 No, ma’am. On a drinking glass. 536 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,925 With a little help from the FBI computers, we made a match. 537 00:29:20,009 --> 00:29:24,430 Prints belong to a guy who jumped bail in Mississippi 538 00:29:24,513 --> 00:29:26,724 two years ago on an assault charge. 539 00:29:26,807 --> 00:29:28,893 His name is Freddie Masters. 540 00:29:28,976 --> 00:29:32,438 Well, I sure hope you find that guy. I liked that lady. 541 00:29:32,521 --> 00:29:35,024 Oh, we found him. 542 00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:40,237 Masters changed his name, lied about his age, his background. 543 00:29:40,321 --> 00:29:42,239 Nowadays he calls himself Charley Holcombe. 544 00:29:49,413 --> 00:29:52,416 Charley? No, wait a minute. That’s impossible. It’s not Charley. 545 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:55,794 Loretta found out about your past, son. 546 00:29:55,878 --> 00:30:01,050 On her nightstand she had the number of the bail bondsman you skipped out on. 547 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:04,428 Would you stand up, please, Mr. Masters? 548 00:30:04,512 --> 00:30:07,139 I’m booking you on suspicion of murder. 549 00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:15,356 [Holcombe] I jumped bail, ’cause I was scared. 550 00:30:15,439 --> 00:30:18,901 Ma’am, I never assaulted that woman back in Mississippi. 551 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:20,945 She picked me out of a lineup by mistake. 552 00:30:21,028 --> 00:30:25,866 But Charley, you did leave your room after curfew last night, didn’t you? 553 00:30:27,368 --> 00:30:32,373 Yes, ma’am. I-I couldn’t go down to the lounge. 554 00:30:32,456 --> 00:30:33,916 I might have got spotted and fined, 555 00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:37,294 so I just drove till I found a little bar. 556 00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:40,714 I gave some girls my autograph, and I had a couple beers. 557 00:30:40,798 --> 00:30:43,259 Well, that’s not a bad alibi, if you can prove it. 558 00:30:43,342 --> 00:30:47,805 Well, sure I can. The name of the place was, uh, Take A Chance Saloon, 559 00:30:47,888 --> 00:30:49,848 or the Last Chance Saloon, something like that. 560 00:30:49,932 --> 00:30:52,685 Hey, I remember somebody I seen there that night. 561 00:30:52,768 --> 00:30:54,311 Maybe I shouldn’t say nothin’. 562 00:30:54,395 --> 00:30:59,191 Charley, you’re facing a murder charge. 563 00:30:59,275 --> 00:31:05,197 He never saw me, you understand. I... Oh, I-I don’t know, ma’am. 564 00:31:05,281 --> 00:31:08,367 You know, if this come out, he could get fined and... 565 00:31:08,450 --> 00:31:12,913 Heck, ma’am, the thing is, is I copied my swing after him. 566 00:31:12,997 --> 00:31:16,208 For heavens sakes, who? 567 00:31:16,292 --> 00:31:18,252 Pete Briggs. 568 00:31:18,335 --> 00:31:20,713 Really? 569 00:31:20,796 --> 00:31:24,174 Well, then he lied at the bar, and his wife backed him up. 570 00:31:24,258 --> 00:31:26,427 You know, there’s another thing. 571 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:29,888 Just before she was killed, Loretta tried to pump me for information, 572 00:31:29,972 --> 00:31:32,975 and one thing she said I didn’t understand at all. 573 00:31:33,058 --> 00:31:38,522 Something about a-a broken-down plug being traded for two fresh colts. 574 00:31:38,606 --> 00:31:40,899 "Broken-down plug"? 575 00:31:40,983 --> 00:31:44,778 Well, that just means an old veteran who’s hobbled with injuries. 576 00:31:44,862 --> 00:31:47,239 Like Mike Warlop? 577 00:31:47,323 --> 00:31:51,327 Al told me that he missed a whole month last season with a separated shoulder. 578 00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:55,748 Oh, yes, ma’am. Onliest way I can figure it is Mr. Randolph and Mr. Dial, 579 00:31:55,831 --> 00:31:58,792 they-they thought Mike was through, so they dumped him. 580 00:31:58,876 --> 00:32:02,921 I suppose they’d have medical records for something like that. 581 00:32:03,005 --> 00:32:06,300 Oh, yes, ma’am. But why do you ask? 582 00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:08,677 Well, something inside keeps telling me 583 00:32:08,761 --> 00:32:11,597 that this big trade isn’t everything that it’s cracked up to be. 584 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:16,352 Aunt Jess, would you please? 585 00:32:16,435 --> 00:32:18,228 As soon as Johnny told me about his arm, 586 00:32:18,312 --> 00:32:20,481 I just knew that I had to call his mother. 587 00:32:20,564 --> 00:32:23,901 -How serious is it, doctor? -Well, first of all, it’s just "Doc." 588 00:32:23,984 --> 00:32:27,780 I’m not a doctor, but I know quite a bit about sports and medicine. 589 00:32:27,863 --> 00:32:29,782 Now, you take Johnny here. 590 00:32:29,865 --> 00:32:32,117 He just threw too hard the other day, 591 00:32:32,201 --> 00:32:33,994 so I had the official team doctor take some precautionary x-rays. 592 00:32:34,078 --> 00:32:36,288 Would he be a real MD? 593 00:32:36,372 --> 00:32:39,291 Oh, it’s just that you hear such terrible stories 594 00:32:39,375 --> 00:32:43,170 about overlooked injuries and, uh, misdiagnoses. 595 00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:45,506 Mrs. Fletcher, what we do here is state of the art, 596 00:32:45,589 --> 00:32:47,508 from me up to the team surgeon. 597 00:32:47,591 --> 00:32:50,094 And yes, ma’am, he is a real MD. 598 00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:54,056 Oh, yes, I’m sure. Still and all... 599 00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:58,936 Let me show you something. Come with me, please. 600 00:32:59,019 --> 00:33:02,356 Now, I’ve got some x-rays here of Johnny’s shoulder taken two days ago. 601 00:33:02,439 --> 00:33:05,359 Now, these are all shots of the other team players. 602 00:33:05,442 --> 00:33:08,320 Now, you see right here we’ve got some bone spurs. 603 00:33:08,404 --> 00:33:10,322 This area right here. Can you see that? 604 00:33:10,406 --> 00:33:14,743 Now, that causes inflammation of the bursa sac, which causes bursitis. 605 00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:20,332 Now, I’ll show you some shots of Mike Warlop’s shoulder. 606 00:33:20,416 --> 00:33:23,836 You see this here? It’s separated there. 607 00:33:23,919 --> 00:33:27,339 But on this one it’s healed. See that area there? 608 00:33:27,423 --> 00:33:29,967 Now I’ll show you a picture 609 00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:32,052 of Johnny’s shoulder - a torn rotator cuff - 610 00:33:32,136 --> 00:33:34,680 when he played with the Titans’ farm system some time ago. 611 00:33:34,763 --> 00:33:39,268 Oh, my. So Johnny’s arm follows him from team to team. 612 00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:41,311 Oh, absolutely. No team ever trades for an athlete 613 00:33:41,395 --> 00:33:42,980 without a complete medical history. 614 00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:46,316 Hey, Doc, gimme a shot of cortisone or some ice-- 615 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,028 Well, if it isn’t aunt Minnie, our visiting Candy Striper. 616 00:33:50,112 --> 00:33:52,239 You know, lady, you hanging around this locker room 617 00:33:52,322 --> 00:33:54,324 isn’t exactly good luck for this ball club. 618 00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:57,035 -Told her that, Skip. -Oh, my. 619 00:33:57,119 --> 00:34:00,956 There’s a very ugly-looking bruise you have on your shoulder, Mr. Dial. 620 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:05,002 That’s where that Warlop sucker punched me the other night. 621 00:34:05,085 --> 00:34:07,921 Well, he certainly seemed in remarkably good shape 622 00:34:08,005 --> 00:34:11,049 for a man who had a dislocated shoulder last season. 623 00:34:11,133 --> 00:34:13,302 Doc was just showing me the x-rays. 624 00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:16,054 Oh, he was, huh? 625 00:34:16,138 --> 00:34:20,809 Now, look, lady. If you’re so interested in male anatomy, 626 00:34:20,893 --> 00:34:23,061 I can give you a good look at mine... 627 00:34:23,145 --> 00:34:26,982 all of it. 628 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:30,694 [clears throat] 629 00:34:30,778 --> 00:34:33,864 [chattering] We know the boys fool around once in a while. 630 00:34:33,947 --> 00:34:35,407 No, Charley wasn’t fooling around. 631 00:34:35,491 --> 00:34:37,075 Then how come Loretta Lee is dead? 632 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:40,287 My husband may have made some mistakes in his life, 633 00:34:40,370 --> 00:34:42,331 but even when he was pokin’ around 634 00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:44,666 where he shouldn’t have been, nobody got hurt. 635 00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:47,336 I’m sorry, Mr. Sidell. 636 00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:51,632 I have no sympathy for Charley Holcombe. Excuse me. 637 00:34:51,715 --> 00:34:54,343 I guess your husband’s real happy right now, right? 638 00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:57,387 Now that his competition’s all locked up, his starter’s job is locked up too, huh? 639 00:34:57,471 --> 00:34:59,765 Kind of looks that way. 640 00:34:59,848 --> 00:35:01,433 Don’t it? 641 00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:07,064 Here you go. Oh, Jessica. 642 00:35:07,147 --> 00:35:08,774 Al, any luck with that attorney friend of yours? 643 00:35:08,857 --> 00:35:11,318 Yeah, he’s gonna see Charley later this afternoon. 644 00:35:11,401 --> 00:35:15,864 Good. Now, Caseras has confronted Pete about being gone the night of the murder, 645 00:35:15,948 --> 00:35:18,575 -but Pete denies it flatly. -Mm-hmm. 646 00:35:18,659 --> 00:35:22,871 So now the Lieutenant is even more convinced that Charley is lying. 647 00:35:22,955 --> 00:35:25,332 And if it comes to a jury deciding between Pete and Charley, 648 00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:29,127 Charley’s gonna be catching at the state pen. 649 00:35:29,211 --> 00:35:32,714 All this business about the trade and Mike Warlop’s injury, 650 00:35:32,798 --> 00:35:38,053 it just doesn’t smell right to me. Doc Evans showed me Mike’s medical file. 651 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,097 I noticed something unusual. 652 00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:44,059 All of the Comets’ x-rays have the same lab color code, 653 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:47,855 except for Mike’s separated shoulder X-Ray. 654 00:35:47,938 --> 00:35:50,190 Now, that seemed odd to me, so I called the lab. 655 00:35:50,274 --> 00:35:54,736 They have absolutely no record of having developed any of Mike’s x-rays. 656 00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:58,156 Faked x-rays to make a player look healthy for trade or sale bait. 657 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:01,285 I mean, supposing Loretta found out about that? 658 00:36:01,368 --> 00:36:04,329 Supposing Loretta was going to tell the Titans. 659 00:36:04,413 --> 00:36:06,874 Supposing Loretta was trying to blackmail Randolph, 660 00:36:06,957 --> 00:36:08,917 and supposing that’s why she was killed. 661 00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:11,336 -That’s beautiful, Jessica. [laughs] 662 00:36:11,420 --> 00:36:13,839 Well, we’d better not celebrate until we have some proof. 663 00:36:13,922 --> 00:36:15,841 We’re gonna need help on that, 664 00:36:15,924 --> 00:36:18,218 -official help. -Okay. 665 00:36:20,095 --> 00:36:23,223 "Shultz." "Lopez." "Tipton." 666 00:36:23,307 --> 00:36:26,685 -It’s the one of Mike Warlop. -You think I don’t know that? 667 00:36:26,768 --> 00:36:32,274 Mrs. Fletcher, I don’t know what you saw, or what you thought you saw. 668 00:36:32,357 --> 00:36:36,028 But do you know how many x-rays of Mike Warlop we have in here? 669 00:36:36,111 --> 00:36:37,487 Zilch-o. 670 00:36:37,571 --> 00:36:40,365 But they were there. 671 00:36:40,449 --> 00:36:42,492 [Randolph] Who left the damn lights on? 672 00:36:42,576 --> 00:36:45,871 [door slams] 673 00:36:45,954 --> 00:36:51,084 Lieutenant? What... What the hell’s goin’ on here? 674 00:36:51,168 --> 00:36:53,879 I’m checking out a lead, Sir. 675 00:36:53,962 --> 00:36:56,882 Uh, don’t worry. I have a warrant. 676 00:36:56,965 --> 00:37:00,052 Maybe you can help me. Where are Mike Warlop’s x-rays? 677 00:37:00,135 --> 00:37:02,137 X-rays? 678 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:04,389 How should I know? That’s Doc Evans’s department. 679 00:37:04,473 --> 00:37:06,266 Well, I’m sorry, perhaps I misunderstood, 680 00:37:06,350 --> 00:37:07,809 but I thought everything from trades 681 00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:09,603 to turning lights off was your department. 682 00:37:09,686 --> 00:37:15,317 We think maybe those x-rays were faked, and Loretta knew it. 683 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:16,652 You see what I’m driving at, Sir? 684 00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:18,946 -If she even-- -All right, all right. 685 00:37:19,029 --> 00:37:20,948 I don’t need an instant replay. 686 00:37:24,284 --> 00:37:26,662 You’re right, Lieutenant. I made a tragic mistake. 687 00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:28,538 I never should have let it happen. 688 00:37:34,044 --> 00:37:38,256 I ordered Doc to destroy those X-Rays this afternoon, 689 00:37:38,340 --> 00:37:41,009 after Harry Dial told me that Mrs. Fletcher here 690 00:37:41,093 --> 00:37:46,306 was starting to poke around. The Titans wanted Warlop badly. 691 00:37:46,390 --> 00:37:50,310 They were willing to pay five million, plus a couple of their top prospects. 692 00:37:50,394 --> 00:37:54,648 But believe me, I didn’t cheat anybody. I not only showed them the x-rays, 693 00:37:54,731 --> 00:37:56,775 I told them that they were faked. 694 00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:08,245 That month that Warlop missed last season, there was nothing wrong with his shoulder. 695 00:38:11,164 --> 00:38:13,125 He came to my office 696 00:38:13,208 --> 00:38:17,337 and told me that he was having a serious problem with alcohol. 697 00:38:17,421 --> 00:38:19,881 So I arranged for a month’s treatment at a private hospital 698 00:38:19,965 --> 00:38:21,299 under an assumed name, 699 00:38:21,383 --> 00:38:25,137 and I gave the press and the public the shoulder story. 700 00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:26,680 So when the Titans asked to see his x-rays, 701 00:38:26,763 --> 00:38:29,224 you were forced to reveal his drinking problem? 702 00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:31,184 -Right. -I’ve heard of collusion in sports before, 703 00:38:31,268 --> 00:38:33,645 but this guy takes the cake. 704 00:38:33,729 --> 00:38:37,399 Warlop’s probably got a couple of good years left. 705 00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:41,111 He’s also got a wife and two kids. 706 00:38:41,194 --> 00:38:44,823 I-I know he can be a royal pain, 707 00:38:44,906 --> 00:38:48,702 but he needed a friend, and I thought I owed him. 708 00:38:53,081 --> 00:38:56,168 I thought her scoop was about Charley. 709 00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:58,795 Him, we’ve already got behind bars. 710 00:38:58,879 --> 00:39:00,630 Yes, but Lieutenant, you said 711 00:39:00,714 --> 00:39:03,467 that Charley was at the bar the night that she was killed. 712 00:39:03,550 --> 00:39:06,887 Sure, but nobody remembers exactly when. 713 00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:09,473 He could have shown up after he killed Loretta. 714 00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:13,268 -Lieutenant? -Hey. What do you say, Pete? 715 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:16,605 Your office told us where we could find you. 716 00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:23,028 Look, uh, about the other night. 717 00:39:23,111 --> 00:39:26,073 What Mrs. Fletcher said is right-- I mean, what Charley told her. 718 00:39:26,156 --> 00:39:28,950 I did leave the hotel that night at around 11:00. 719 00:39:29,034 --> 00:39:31,369 -And did you see Charley? -No, ma’am. 720 00:39:31,453 --> 00:39:34,164 But if he saw me, doesn’t that count for something? 721 00:39:34,247 --> 00:39:38,585 We don’t want Charley to be in jail if our covering up is responsible. 722 00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:40,962 Covering up? For what? 723 00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:43,465 Where’d you go that night, Pete? 724 00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:51,014 It’s okay, honey. Go ahead and tell him. 725 00:39:55,477 --> 00:39:57,646 I had this guy flown in from out of town. 726 00:39:57,729 --> 00:39:59,397 He was staying in another hotel. 727 00:39:59,481 --> 00:40:01,483 "Guy"? What guy? 728 00:40:01,566 --> 00:40:03,610 A hypnotist. 729 00:40:03,693 --> 00:40:07,072 He was helping me concentrate, focusing my batting. 730 00:40:07,155 --> 00:40:10,450 -I ended up last year in a slump. -Yeah, I remember. 731 00:40:10,534 --> 00:40:12,160 Lieutenant, there’s no reason the press 732 00:40:12,244 --> 00:40:14,496 needs to know anything about this. 733 00:40:14,579 --> 00:40:17,457 Mrs. Briggs, I think it’s admirable, 734 00:40:17,541 --> 00:40:19,251 the way you back up your husband. 735 00:40:19,334 --> 00:40:24,005 However, there’s one question that has to be asked. 736 00:40:24,089 --> 00:40:26,591 While Pete was out of the room, 737 00:40:26,675 --> 00:40:30,178 who can verify your whereabouts? 738 00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:32,180 I didn’t kill her. 739 00:40:32,264 --> 00:40:35,725 I’m sure you didn’t, any more than Charley Holcombe did. 740 00:40:42,023 --> 00:40:43,358 [tires screeching] 741 00:40:44,901 --> 00:40:47,320 Bellman, take it easy, huh? This isn’t a race. 742 00:40:47,404 --> 00:40:49,447 I’m sorry, Sir. That turn came up kind of sudden. 743 00:40:49,531 --> 00:40:51,491 As a matter of fact, 744 00:40:51,575 --> 00:40:53,660 that’s the place where your friend had his accident, ma’am. 745 00:40:53,743 --> 00:40:55,954 -Mr. Sidell. -Oh, yes. Yes. 746 00:40:56,037 --> 00:40:57,497 Al told me about that. 747 00:40:57,581 --> 00:40:59,791 Yeah, I’m the guy that found him in the ditch. 748 00:40:59,875 --> 00:41:02,544 He seemed like a real nice guy. I hated giving him a ticket. 749 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:06,089 When a guy drinks and drives, a ticket isn’t half enough. 750 00:41:06,173 --> 00:41:07,841 He wasn’t drunk, Sir. At least, I don’t think so. 751 00:41:07,924 --> 00:41:09,634 His license said 752 00:41:09,718 --> 00:41:11,845 he was supposed to be wearing glasses behind the wheel. 753 00:41:11,928 --> 00:41:17,642 Not only wasn’t he wearing them, he didn’t even have them with him. 754 00:41:17,726 --> 00:41:20,979 -Oh, dear. -Something wrong, ma’am? 755 00:41:21,062 --> 00:41:23,982 Yes, something is terribly wrong, Lieutenant. 756 00:41:24,065 --> 00:41:26,443 Tell me, is your forensic lab open 757 00:41:26,526 --> 00:41:29,571 at this hour of the night, and if not, could we open it? 758 00:41:51,134 --> 00:41:52,469 Excuse me. Is Johnny still inside? 759 00:41:52,552 --> 00:41:54,763 Sure. Why don’t you go right on in? 760 00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:58,016 Whether they’re dressed or not never stopped you before, aunt Minnie. 761 00:41:58,099 --> 00:42:00,602 -My name is Jessica. -Yeah, whatever. 762 00:42:00,685 --> 00:42:04,147 By tomorrow morning, you’ll probably have my job. Somebody will. 763 00:42:04,231 --> 00:42:05,315 Doc. 764 00:42:08,818 --> 00:42:11,363 -Johnny? -Oh, hi, aunt Jess. 765 00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:14,324 I’ve got a little surprise for you. 766 00:42:19,329 --> 00:42:22,332 My lucky glove! Oh, my gosh. Where’d you find it? 767 00:42:22,415 --> 00:42:27,379 Well, you can thank a sharp-eyed housekeeper at the Tucson plaza. 768 00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:30,632 [Caseras] Mrs. Fletcher? -In here, Lieutenant. 769 00:42:30,715 --> 00:42:33,718 Johnny, if you hurry, you can grab the bus before it leaves. 770 00:42:33,802 --> 00:42:37,180 -I’ll help you with your stuff, kid. -Suppose you stay, Mr. Sidell. 771 00:42:37,264 --> 00:42:40,684 I got a couple questions I wanna ask you. 772 00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:42,936 -Sure, yeah. -I can wait, Al. 773 00:42:43,019 --> 00:42:46,106 No, no. Go ahead, kid. I’ll catch up with you later. 774 00:42:46,189 --> 00:42:51,695 -Okay. Thanks again, aunt Jess. -Good-bye, John. 775 00:42:52,654 --> 00:42:54,823 So what can I do for you, Lieutenant? 776 00:42:54,906 --> 00:42:58,118 You can start by telling me where you were when Loretta Lee was killed. 777 00:42:58,201 --> 00:43:00,578 I think I was in a ditch with my car. 778 00:43:00,662 --> 00:43:02,956 I had a little accident, your own man wrote up the ticket. 779 00:43:03,039 --> 00:43:06,001 I told you, right? Jessica? I mean, I told you about that. Remember? 780 00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:08,336 Yes, Al, I remember. 781 00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:11,089 The woman was killed between 11:00 and 11:45. 782 00:43:11,172 --> 00:43:13,550 There was plenty of time for you to have killed her 783 00:43:13,633 --> 00:43:15,760 and still reach that dangerous curve 784 00:43:15,844 --> 00:43:18,179 where the officer found you and your wrecked car. 785 00:43:18,263 --> 00:43:20,682 What, are you nuts? Geez. 786 00:43:20,765 --> 00:43:25,770 [chuckles] What do you think? I would, uh... 787 00:43:28,315 --> 00:43:31,026 That I would stage a crash so I could get an alibi? 788 00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:35,989 Al, you were given a ticket because you weren’t wearing your glasses. 789 00:43:36,072 --> 00:43:37,907 In fact, you didn’t even have them with you. 790 00:43:37,991 --> 00:43:40,327 Yeah, well, who’s trying to hide that? 791 00:43:40,410 --> 00:43:43,997 I’ll tell you what. I’ll pay the fine. I’m guilty as charged. Who do I pay? 792 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:47,208 Well, that’s not the point, and I think you know it. 793 00:43:47,292 --> 00:43:51,004 Do you remember, Al, when you and I attended the first Comets game, 794 00:43:51,087 --> 00:43:55,383 and I asked you to translate that scoreboard way out on the field? 795 00:43:55,467 --> 00:43:57,427 Now, you did that without any difficulty. 796 00:43:57,510 --> 00:44:01,348 But the second Comets game - the day after Loretta was killed - 797 00:44:01,431 --> 00:44:04,351 you couldn’t read the scoreboard. 798 00:44:04,434 --> 00:44:06,728 Now, I could be wrong, but my guess is 799 00:44:06,811 --> 00:44:11,983 that you brought your reading glasses to the second Comet game. 800 00:44:12,067 --> 00:44:14,361 Jessica, these are the only glasses I got. 801 00:44:14,444 --> 00:44:17,030 -It’s the only pair I got. -They are now. 802 00:44:17,113 --> 00:44:21,993 Our lab analyzed a small piece of glass Mrs. Fletcher found in the victim’s room, 803 00:44:22,077 --> 00:44:24,079 prescription glass. 804 00:44:24,162 --> 00:44:26,122 Yours, Al. 805 00:44:26,206 --> 00:44:29,751 We checked out local lens makers. 806 00:44:29,834 --> 00:44:34,923 We came up with a one-day optician on Las Cruces avenue. 807 00:44:36,716 --> 00:44:40,512 He gave us your description, "Mr. Smith." 808 00:44:43,431 --> 00:44:47,143 Shall we ride you over there now for a positive ID? 809 00:45:03,159 --> 00:45:06,162 I thought I’d picked up all the pieces of glass. 810 00:45:08,289 --> 00:45:10,250 You gotta believe me, the both of you. 811 00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:13,294 Killing that woman was the furthest thing from my mind. 812 00:45:17,048 --> 00:45:20,969 I was in my motel room around 10:30 when Loretta phoned. 813 00:45:21,052 --> 00:45:23,805 She asked me if Freddie Masters was in my room. 814 00:45:23,888 --> 00:45:25,348 She said he wasn’t at the inn, 815 00:45:25,432 --> 00:45:27,016 and she knew that he was my client, 816 00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:29,227 and I said I didn’t know any Freddie Masters. 817 00:45:29,310 --> 00:45:33,022 And she said she wanted me to corroborate some evidence that she had that proved 818 00:45:33,106 --> 00:45:35,733 that Charley Holcombe and Freddie Masters were the same person, 819 00:45:35,817 --> 00:45:38,736 and Freddie Masters was a known bail jumper. 820 00:45:38,820 --> 00:45:41,448 I said I would come right over 821 00:45:41,531 --> 00:45:45,785 and prove just how wrong she was. 822 00:45:45,869 --> 00:45:47,912 But when I got there, 823 00:45:47,996 --> 00:45:50,498 she said she had a friend who was no longer an active player 824 00:45:50,582 --> 00:45:54,836 who had played in rookie league with Charley, and he swore 825 00:45:54,919 --> 00:45:57,338 that Charley and Freddie were the same person. 826 00:45:57,422 --> 00:45:59,382 She was some piece of work, that woman. 827 00:45:59,466 --> 00:46:03,428 She said that her going public with it, 828 00:46:03,511 --> 00:46:07,182 it wouldn’t hurt my career or Charley’s career. 829 00:46:07,265 --> 00:46:09,350 She thought it would just help her career. 830 00:46:09,434 --> 00:46:11,853 She thought she might go to the networks, 831 00:46:11,936 --> 00:46:13,855 or even go to the commissioner. 832 00:46:13,938 --> 00:46:17,400 She went to the phone, and I guess I went nuts. I don’t know. 833 00:46:20,904 --> 00:46:22,780 [no audible dialogue] 834 00:46:25,950 --> 00:46:28,286 And, uh... 835 00:46:28,369 --> 00:46:30,997 I picked up my glasses, 836 00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:35,877 and I tried to make it look like a robbery. 837 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,421 And, uh, I drove back to the motel. 838 00:46:38,505 --> 00:46:43,176 I was blind as a bat without the glasses. 839 00:46:43,259 --> 00:46:47,055 Funny thing is, I almost made it. 840 00:46:47,138 --> 00:46:49,057 This is the first time I’ve ever been in trouble. 841 00:46:49,140 --> 00:46:50,934 I never even had a parking ticket. 842 00:46:51,017 --> 00:46:53,895 That was the first time I ever had any trouble with the police.