As a furriner I had to look up Reliever, not a term I ever came across in my few attendances at Seattle baseball games back in the 90s. By a weird coincidence, I’ll be going to another game in DC next month as a “social” arranged during a business meeting.
“A real piece of [spit]. We all wanted him dead and whoever did this to him should get a medal. Frankly I’m pretty furious the coroner called you down here. Nobody in this locker room is going to testify at trial.”
Okay, the dead man was both a ballplayer and a Sheriff deputy—which means he was hated from two different directions at once. Will probably make the job a little tougher.
1-DT: Was he a good player? MANAGER: Well, he was dedicated. I mean look – he’s still trying to crawl to the mound…
2-…And he filled the stands with his favorite pitch – the beanball. Unfortunately though…
3-…that pitch – while filling the stands – also filled the bases. We’ve lost every game he relieved as a result and that didn’t make him popular with the players. He was so unpopular that when one of his bean balls brought out every player from the other team’s dugout, our players stayed seated.
DT: So you’re saying… MANAGER: YEAH! WE MIGHT WIN A FEW NOW!
911 OT: Ever try to find a local police substation # when they only give you 911 in the phone book? Today, I found a 5’ watering trough with the merchant codes still in place hidden behind the fence of the house next door. This seems to be a drop point for stolen goods, so I had n officer out earlier.
This is becoming an ongoing issue in our neighborhood.
The days when professional bal players, especially in the major leagues, (which I assume the Knights are) had to work jobs in the off-season to supplement their income are long gone, still, the fact he was a deputy may be a clue he was killed because of his work in law enforcement, not baseball.
So, as our manager says, the victim, Vernon Simpson, was a reliever (not a first-line starter), roundly disliked, and a deputy-something (deputy sheriff?) in the off-season. He was killed by “blunt force trauma,” and all the details of where the blows hit him and how he fell point to a left-handed perpetrator. The crime scene is the locker room in the clubhouse, i.e., with access restricted to the team and a few “behind the scenes” workers. Tracy and Catchem ought to able to make short work of this case (and they have only through next week to do so)….
firestrike1 9 months ago
yeah, Vern appears to be a bit of a prick…
Brian Premium Member 9 months ago
So everyone was “relieved” when he was killed?
Neil Wick 9 months ago
Good morning™, all!
Yup. It looks like “a lot” of people might have preferred him to be dead.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray 9 months ago
Good morning™, dead ballplayers !
Sorry buddy. You you got cut, the hard way !
avenger09 9 months ago
Nice to see Pop Fisher stayed in the game!
avenger09 9 months ago
Slow story so far, but it’s still early.
Not sure I like the watercolor artwork.
Judge Magney 9 months ago
In panel 1, why is the crime scene photographer taking pictures with the sheet covering the body?
Sporteric11 9 months ago
Now Tracy has to check who was arrested by the victim.
GoComicsGo! 9 months ago
So the clue or motive is that he’s a deputy?
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member 9 months ago
As a furriner I had to look up Reliever, not a term I ever came across in my few attendances at Seattle baseball games back in the 90s. By a weird coincidence, I’ll be going to another game in DC next month as a “social” arranged during a business meeting.
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iggyman 9 months ago
“And now he’s dead, and I’m the Reliever” (Sorry Monkees)!
Wichita1.0 9 months ago
To quote Daffy Duck: ‘Well, hes eliminated HIM as a suspect.’
SKJAM! Premium Member 9 months ago
“A Cancer? Perhaps they should have tried chemotherapy.”
crobinson019 9 months ago
Not many players have off season work these days. And a COP? Tracy better solve this quick!
salenstormwing 9 months ago
“But Who’s on First?” “Naturally.”
Jonmouk 9 months ago
“Is his bullet still in his pocket, Sam?” Tracy needs to check who shot the sheriff, because the guy did get the deputy as well…..
Old Time Tales Premium Member 9 months ago
His cleats are squeaky clean. They look brand new. Probably means nothing.
Svensk5 9 months ago
The devil is in the details. Where’s the pitching mound?
Ignatz Premium Member 9 months ago
I guess this is a minor league team, since he had an off-season job?
Li'l Dale 9 months ago
Now expecting a “Gil Thorpe” crossover from this lousy strip…
orbenjawell Premium Member 9 months ago
…….any minute now Joe Schlabotnik is liable to show……..
orbenjawell Premium Member 9 months ago
Who’s “A Lot”?……?!!!??….oh, never mind………
Ray Toler 9 months ago
He doesn’t look like too nice of a guy, for sure.
A “Deputy” in the off season? Hmmm. I wonder if he ever arrested a team mate?
markwillman4 9 months ago
Background player looks like he wants to clock him with that bat.
trainnut1956 9 months ago
It was Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Candlestick!
oknazevad Premium Member 9 months ago
Well, no wonder they lost. He’s not pitching from the mound. Balked in the winning run.
David Rickard Premium Member 9 months ago
From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:
“A real piece of [spit]. We all wanted him dead and whoever did this to him should get a medal. Frankly I’m pretty furious the coroner called you down here. Nobody in this locker room is going to testify at trial.”
h.v.greenman 9 months ago
And now we see a bat (the suspected blunt object / weapon) that wasn’t in the scene yesterday
happyainthappy 9 months ago
MOVIE QUOTE
“You be a cop! Not a gangster with a badge!”
Ida Lupino to Robert Ryan—-ON DANGEROUS GROUND—1952
happyainthappy 9 months ago
Okay, the dead man was both a ballplayer and a Sheriff deputy—which means he was hated from two different directions at once. Will probably make the job a little tougher.
happyainthappy 9 months ago
The former 198.23.5.11 explaining his new NOM DE PLUME—-one of my absolute favorites was the 1954-55 Rughead story.
Rughead’s pal Happy Larson and his sawed off was probably the most fearsome second banana Gould evercreated.
One of Murder Incorporated’es chief killers was Happy Maione—-they called him that out of sarcasm because he never smiled.
Not even when he went to the electric chair
neeters_guy Premium Member 9 months ago
I contributed the art for this Minit Mystery. Thought I’d drop in and say “Hi.”
Another Take 9 months ago
1-DT: Was he a good player? MANAGER: Well, he was dedicated. I mean look – he’s still trying to crawl to the mound…
2-…And he filled the stands with his favorite pitch – the beanball. Unfortunately though…
3-…that pitch – while filling the stands – also filled the bases. We’ve lost every game he relieved as a result and that didn’t make him popular with the players. He was so unpopular that when one of his bean balls brought out every player from the other team’s dugout, our players stayed seated.
DT: So you’re saying… MANAGER: YEAH! WE MIGHT WIN A FEW NOW!
Mopman 9 months ago
Well obviously it’s the guy coming at him with a scowl and ready to swing his bat in P3. Case solved. Next!
overtop 9 months ago
He was “A Closer” but couldn’t “Save” himself, so he’s been DFA’d..permanently
ScottHolman 9 months ago
Everyone hated him? Then what’s the problem?
Wichita1.0 9 months ago
911 OT: Ever try to find a local police substation # when they only give you 911 in the phone book? Today, I found a 5’ watering trough with the merchant codes still in place hidden behind the fence of the house next door. This seems to be a drop point for stolen goods, so I had n officer out earlier.
This is becoming an ongoing issue in our neighborhood.
BreathlessMahoney77 9 months ago
The days when professional bal players, especially in the major leagues, (which I assume the Knights are) had to work jobs in the off-season to supplement their income are long gone, still, the fact he was a deputy may be a clue he was killed because of his work in law enforcement, not baseball.
Sisyphos 9 months ago
So, as our manager says, the victim, Vernon Simpson, was a reliever (not a first-line starter), roundly disliked, and a deputy-something (deputy sheriff?) in the off-season. He was killed by “blunt force trauma,” and all the details of where the blows hit him and how he fell point to a left-handed perpetrator. The crime scene is the locker room in the clubhouse, i.e., with access restricted to the team and a few “behind the scenes” workers. Tracy and Catchem ought to able to make short work of this case (and they have only through next week to do so)….
clayface9 Premium Member 9 months ago
A Cancer? He looks like a Libra to me.