Jessica visits her nephew Johnny, recently recruited onto a Major League Baseball team, and then must solve the murder of a scheming news reporter.Jessica visits her nephew Johnny, recently recruited onto a Major League Baseball team, and then must solve the murder of a scheming news reporter.Jessica visits her nephew Johnny, recently recruited onto a Major League Baseball team, and then must solve the murder of a scheming news reporter.
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- TriviaAs he did in several other Murder, She Wrote (1984) scripts, writer Donald Ross named several of the characters after jazz musicians. John Eaton is a pianist and jazz educator. Doc Evans was a traditional jazz cornetist from the 1930's until his death in 1977. Pete Briggs was the tuba player for Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven in 1927. Harry Dial was a drummer who also worked with Armstrong. Irving Randolph was a 1930's trumpeter who played with Cab Calloway. Lt. Caceres is named after 1940's baritone saxophonist Ernie Caceres. Kel Murray was a non-jazz bandleader who shared the 1935 "Let's Dance" broadcasts with Benny Goodman and Xavier Cugat. Mike Warlop is named after 1930's French jazz bandleader Michel Warlop. There is also an unseen but mentioned character named Flip Phillips, after the star tenor saxophonist from Woody Herman's First Herd in the mid-1940's.
- GoofsJessica says that Johnny went to Herbert Hoover School in Waterloo, Iowa. There is a Hoover School in Waterloo, but it was named for Lou Hoover, was a native of Waterloo.
- Quotes
Harry Dial: Now look, lady. If you're so interested in male anatomy, I can give you a good look at mine - all of it.
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
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Knocking One Outside of the Baseball Park
Anne Lockhart and Roxanne Reese portray the roles of dedicated sporting wives, who accompany their baseball-playing husbands to spring training camp, where murder is soon to follow.
Scottsdale, Arizona, marks the setting for this episode featuring professional baseball team hopefuls, including Kel Murray (Beau Billingslea), Pete Briggs (Shea Farrell), Johnny Eaton (Todd Bryant), Mike Warlop (Rick Dean), Avery Burns (Jake Jacobs) and Charlie Holcomb/Freddy Masters (Tim Dunigan), who has had to change his identity after serving prison time to qualify for the team.
Doc Evans (Bernie Casey) serves to nurse team members from pain and injuries, while Managers Irving Randolph (Robert Mandan) and Harry Dial (Vince Edwards) keep an eye on operations from field to locker room.
Television Sports Reporter Loretta Lee (Terri Garber) covers events before and behind the scenes for her station's pre-game program, while threatening to expose secrets harbored by various players and managers. (Note: this Loretta Lee is not to be confused with another Loretta Lee, in "MSW" #11.5).
Kel's wife, Nancy Murray (Roxanne Reese), and Pete's wife, Roz Briggs (Anne Lockhart), spend game time as spectators, along with sportswriter Al Sidell (Paul Sorvino), who helps to explain the game to others around the seating area.
Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) makes her second journey into Arizona this season, to attend a baseball game for the purpose of catching up with nephew Johnny Eaton, and, of course, to prove Johnny and his friend Charlie/Freddy innocent of murder when they stumble across a body in a room upon the floor of their hotel.
With another nephew in trouble, Jessica eagerly assists Lieutenant Caceras (Reni Santoni), who investigates the murder scene, in which the victim has been lunged against a chest of drawers, with fragments of broken glass lying about the carpeting.
Secrets begin to emerge, turning teammate against teammate, and officials against players, for when murder stalks the baseball diamond, it's "Three Strikes, You're Out!"
The cast is rounded out by Harry Robinson as Umpire, David Elliott as Young Officer, Ed Hooks as Bellman, and Harry Woolf as Fan.
This episode represents the first of two "MSW" appearances for Reni Santoni, the second of two for Harry Woolf, the first of three for David Elliott, and the third of four "MSW" performances each for Anne Lockhart and Shea Farrell.
In addition to his acting credits, Todd Bryant has also performed in the capacity of Stunt artist for nearly three decades. Vince Edwards, acting in film and on television since 1947, has unfortunately since passed.
Scottsdale, Arizona, marks the setting for this episode featuring professional baseball team hopefuls, including Kel Murray (Beau Billingslea), Pete Briggs (Shea Farrell), Johnny Eaton (Todd Bryant), Mike Warlop (Rick Dean), Avery Burns (Jake Jacobs) and Charlie Holcomb/Freddy Masters (Tim Dunigan), who has had to change his identity after serving prison time to qualify for the team.
Doc Evans (Bernie Casey) serves to nurse team members from pain and injuries, while Managers Irving Randolph (Robert Mandan) and Harry Dial (Vince Edwards) keep an eye on operations from field to locker room.
Television Sports Reporter Loretta Lee (Terri Garber) covers events before and behind the scenes for her station's pre-game program, while threatening to expose secrets harbored by various players and managers. (Note: this Loretta Lee is not to be confused with another Loretta Lee, in "MSW" #11.5).
Kel's wife, Nancy Murray (Roxanne Reese), and Pete's wife, Roz Briggs (Anne Lockhart), spend game time as spectators, along with sportswriter Al Sidell (Paul Sorvino), who helps to explain the game to others around the seating area.
Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) makes her second journey into Arizona this season, to attend a baseball game for the purpose of catching up with nephew Johnny Eaton, and, of course, to prove Johnny and his friend Charlie/Freddy innocent of murder when they stumble across a body in a room upon the floor of their hotel.
With another nephew in trouble, Jessica eagerly assists Lieutenant Caceras (Reni Santoni), who investigates the murder scene, in which the victim has been lunged against a chest of drawers, with fragments of broken glass lying about the carpeting.
Secrets begin to emerge, turning teammate against teammate, and officials against players, for when murder stalks the baseball diamond, it's "Three Strikes, You're Out!"
The cast is rounded out by Harry Robinson as Umpire, David Elliott as Young Officer, Ed Hooks as Bellman, and Harry Woolf as Fan.
This episode represents the first of two "MSW" appearances for Reni Santoni, the second of two for Harry Woolf, the first of three for David Elliott, and the third of four "MSW" performances each for Anne Lockhart and Shea Farrell.
In addition to his acting credits, Todd Bryant has also performed in the capacity of Stunt artist for nearly three decades. Vince Edwards, acting in film and on television since 1947, has unfortunately since passed.
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