DescriptionEdit

Det. Rush re-opens the 1945 case of an African-American baseball player who was beaten to death with his own bat.

SynopsisEdit

CastEdit

Main CastEdit

• Kathryn Morris as Lilly Rush
• Danny Pino as Scotty Valens
• John Finn as John Stillman
• Jeremy Ratchford as Nick Vera
• Thom Barry as Will Jeffries

Guest CastEdit

• Arlen Escarpeta as Clyde Taylor
• Sarah Brown as Josie Sutton
• Beau Billingslea as Willie Dandridge (2005)
• Ron Dean as Troy Cage (2005)
• Elinor Donahue as Esther Davis (2005)
• Christina Hendricks as Esther Davis (1945)
• Thomas Kopache as Joe "Crumbs" Crumbly (2005)

• Frank Faucette as Willie Dandridge (1945)
• Don Wallace as Moody Brown (1945)

Co-StarringEdit

• Hunter Allan as Troy Cage (1945)
• Ed Bernard as Moody Brown (2005)
• Mitchell Fink as Tyler Cage
• Eric Ladin as Joe "Crumbs" Crumbly (1945)
• David Ruprecht as Radio Broadcaster
• Dennis Singletary as Satchel Paige
• Antonio Todd as Jackie Robinson
• Kameron Winston-Lucas as Leonard Hughes

NotesEdit

• This is the second episode to feature a victim who was a baseball player beaten with his own baseball bat. The first one was "A Time To Hate" and both were suspected hate crimes.
• Ed Bernard was also cast as Donald Williams (2005) in the episode Strange Fruit.
• The episode begins with the usual disclaimer "The following story is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event", however the episode does depict two real-life ball players, Jackie Robinson and Satchell Paige.
• The shot of Thom Barry in the new opening credits is taken from this episode.

MusicEdit

• Mabel Scott "Baseball Boogie"
• Count Basie "One O'Clock Jump"
• Louis Jordan "Five Guys Named Moe"
• Benny Goodman "Gotta Be This or That"
• Johnny Mercer "Candy"
• Closing Song: Doris Day "Sentimental Journey"