And then the baseball player, he got quiet. Are you up to it? Barney was the brains, the real scout, the star- I mean, the Sloop academy. Baseball bat, baseball academy-common sense. CBI
Rigsby: Let's check out the wife- Leslie Sloop. Cho: CBI! Freddy: I killed him. Freddy: No. He was a great partner, a great friend to all of us and most of all, a great friend to the game of baseball itself. I'm the mother of his child. In his garden. Jane young: An heirloom she carries with her- that's a recent death, and she's too young for dead parents. Jane's father: And when the crystal is applied... Jane's father: Who is? Lisbon: And? Mr. Zen? On the bible. Rigsby: The son- Michael. This is show business, not show art. What's your talent, old man? Witness: A baseball player-he was very angry with Mr. Sloop. You're under arrest for the murder of Barney Sloop. [SCENE_BREAK]
Baseball field
Scotty's father: Come on. so, uh...
Plan: A: CBI; Q: What team investigates the murder of Barney Sloop? A: a former professional baseball player; Q: What was Barney Sloop's profession? A: his Zen garden; Q: Where was Barney Sloop found dead? A: the founder; Q: What was Barney Sloop's role in the baseball academy? A: his own baseball talent scouting and training facility; Q: What was the baseball academy Barney Sloop founded originally intended to be? A: young up-and-coming baseball talents; Q: Who did Barney Sloop's baseball academy train? A: Jane; Q: Who is hit on the head with a baseball and knocked unconscious during the investigation? A: a stage performer; Q: What was Jane's past career? A: Alex; Q: Who was Jane's father? A: his "psychic" abilities; Q: What does Jane show signs of after being hit by a baseball? A: several people; Q: How many people did the CBI interview? A: his business partner; Q: Who was Freddie? A: double the normal rate; Q: How much did the father of a player on the baseball team pay Freddie? A: the player's father; Q: Who killed Freddie to prevent Sloop from ruining his son's future? A: his son's future; Q: What did the father of the player who was too old to attend the academy want to prevent Sloop from ruining? Summary: The CBI team investigate the murder of Barney Sloop; a former professional baseball player, who is found dead in his Zen garden. The victim had been the founder of a baseball academy, which he started as his own baseball talent scouting and training facility for young up-and-coming baseball talents. During the investigation, Jane is hit on the head with a baseball and knocked unconscious, after which he experiences flashbacks of his past as a stage performer with his father, Alex, and shows signs of his "psychic" abilities. The CBI team interviews several people close to the victim, including his ex-wife and his business partner Freddie. It is revealed that a player on the team was too old to attend the academy, so his father had been paying Freddie double the normal rate. After Sloop found out, the player's father killed him to prevent Sloop from ruining his son's future.