Soos, Troy

"When the nation wages war against Germany in 1918, utility infielder Mickey Rawlings has been traded to the North Side of Chicago. He's batting a career high (a respectable .274) and the Cubs are in first place. For the first time in a long while Mickey is feeling financially secure enough to buy furniture. That's when his best friend--rookie Willie Kaiser--is shot dead right on the diamond. While teh official explanation is 'accidental death from a stray bullet, ' Mickey thinks someone's taken the anti-war sentiment too far"--Page 4 of cover.

When the star pitcher of the Negro East St. Louis Cubs is found lynched after a win in 1922, Mickey Rawlings has to do everything he can to track down the killer and prevent a repeat of the deadly race riots of 1917; if he can stay alive.

When a Detroit Tiger third baseman is found murdered in Boston's Fenway Park, Mickey Rawlings is the prime suspect, but Mickey's own investigation uncovers a major league gambling scheme involving Ty Cobb, and a killer who makes Rawlings his next target.

Mickey Rawlings, now playing for the New York Giants, gets a bit part in a movie and investigates the murder of an actress who was also the widow of the former owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers.