When Chicago pitching ace Dean "Dream" Weaver is shot dead in the tunnel underneath Wrigley Field, the commissioner of baseball assigns veteran sportswriter Duffy House to investigate

Called in by the Commissioner of Baseball, Duffy House—retired sports columnist and baseball aficionado—is faced with a daunting task: to find out who killed the most hated man in baseball, the owner of the New York Yankees .

IN THIS OLD TIMERS' GAME, THE STAKES ARE LIFE AND DEATH Dodger Stadium, where the grizzled Bums of Brooklyn gave way to the tanned pretty boys of Tinseltown. Where sushi vendors ply their trade in the box seats and "seventh-inning stretch" refers to the stretch limousines that carry away spectators during the seventh inning to beat the freeway traffic. But Dodger Stadium, nestled in Chavez Ravine high above the City of Angels, is much too close to Sunset Boulevard, the site of a very grisly piece of recent history—the fifth murder by L.A.'s "Sunset Slasher." Before the commissioner of baseball can even ask, veteran sportswriter Duffy House begins to look into the killing. This time Duffy doesn't need an invitation—this murder investigation is personal. For the latest victim is not only one of California's most popular showmen, he's also one of Duffy's oldest friends. And Duffy'd better take care not to get caught off base, because he's captured the attention of a killer with one hell of a pickoff move.

When someone spikes the potato salad at the Boston Red Sox old timers game at Fenway Park, sportswriter Duffy House and his beautiful niece set out to catch a killer

When a dead body is discovered after a fire at Tiger Stadium, the commissioner sends retired sportswriter-turned-detective Duffy House into the clubhouse to save the Tigers. There he turns up Mob connections, an unscrupulous owner, and a secret tryst between the dead woman and an ex-con outfielder.