Brian Thomas

The Closer Bell — Case 39: The Scorebook

Story 12 of 12 · Starts on page 164

Earl Pickett hires Gus Bell for one dollar: his dying brother Lucius went four-for-four with the first home run by a Black player in an interracial game at Grayson Stadium in 1966, but the white paper's box score gave him one hit and a loss, and a state AI record-keeper, LEDGER, trusts the paper. Gus, Lee and Mildred hunt down the other pencils — a coach's scorebook, a barbershop wall, a pitcher's father's home movie — before time runs out.

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