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Post by drystyx on Feb 10, 2018 17:17:55 GMT
The Alou quintuplets all look exactly alike, and one of them is a MURDERER.
A MURDERER!
All play for the New York Yankees. All are considered to be close to stars.
Adolph, the first to come out of the womb, plays first base. He hits forty home runs a year. BA close to .270
Benito, the second out of the womb, plays second base. He hits forty doubles a year and twenty homers a year. BA close to .285
Che, third out of the womb, plays third base. He fields like Brooks Robinson, robbing players of doubles down the line, and hits thirty doubles a year and twenty homers a year. BA close to .265
Dominic, fourth out of the womb, plays shortstop. He has six gold glove awards, steals 40 bases a year, gets 30 doubles and 10 triples a year, and hits .300.
Emilio, fifth out of the womb, pitches. He starts in a five man rotation, and in just 32 games a year, always wins at least 18 games, with a lifetime ERA of 2.70.
The five share an entire floor of a swanky condo, with extreme security, just a mile from Yankee Stadium. It's actually faster to walk there than take any other means of locomotion, and of the five, base stealing Dominic can run the mile in exactly five minutes, but it takes the others six minutes at best.
Their baby brother, Fabio, who slept with each of their wives/girlfriends, and bragged about it, is found dead in their condo on Saturday June 30, 2018. Columbo is called to the scene. The security cameras show that Fabio was murdered, a baseball stuffed down his throat, and clearly the camera shows it was one of the five brothers. However, the brother who did the act was wearing an outfit that each of them shared, and the camera shows that the brother bloodied all the outfits of the other brothers to make it confusing. The cameras show him taking all the outfits out in a hamper. Outside of camera range, is a maid who washes their clothes. Columbo questions her, and discovers that the brother who took in the hamper had changed into uniform, but wore a vest over it to cover his number, so she doesn't know which one it was.
Columbo finds they were all in a ball game against the Minnesota Twins that day, and the clock on the security camera shows that the crime took place during the eleventh inning, the last inning of the game. This was taking into account the time zone difference, and there was no change for daylight savings or any other changes. The act was committed at exactly the time when Emilio was in a conference with his catcher and the first baseman and third baseman. It was 5:06 p.m. EST. The top of the inning began at 4:35 p.m. and ended at 4:50 p.m.
Columbo has an athletic policeman race to and from the maid's quarters and the murder site, with a loaded hamper. It takes the man 7 minutes at best.
There are no fingerprints on the ball or anywhere else that would convict the murderer.
Columbo looks over the game statistics and has the quintet sit before him.
Adolph had his movements accounted for in the eleventh inning when the Yankees were at the plate, hitting two grand slams in one inning to lead them to a 13-2 final score. However, when the Yankees took the field, he was replaced by a better fielder, and so was not seen after he last touched home plate and got an ovation at 4:43 p.m.
Benito was also replaced in the eleventh inning, by a superior fielder. He was last seen striking out at 4.41 p.m., throwing his bat and disappearing into the dugout.
Che didn't play that game, and watched it in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse. However, security at Yankee Stadium mean that people have to sign in and out during home games there. And no one's name was on the sign out sheet for that Saturday. The security is beyond reproach, with three men verifying every entry.
Dominic was injured in the ninth inning, at 3:58 p.m.. He first limped around the dugout, was seen walking normal on camera at 4:19 p.m., and wasn't seen again until 5:49 p.m., at the victory celebration. He claims he was in the showers and then the bar, but no one can verify it.
Emilio was clearly seen on the mound at 5:06.
The other detectives want to make inquiries, but Columbo is ready to make an arrest. He knows who the killer is. Who does he arrest?
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Post by johnblutarsky on Feb 11, 2018 2:47:56 GMT
Did Colonel Mustard play for the NY Yankees? I usually pick him.......in the kitchen.......holding the candlestick.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Feb 11, 2018 5:32:29 GMT
Not as sure as Columbo, but I'm voting for Dominic.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 11, 2018 5:57:35 GMT
drystyxI love these sorts of five-minute mysteries, but a serious question: does one have to know much of anything about baseball to figure it out? If so, I probably wouldn’t be able to!
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Post by Rodney Farber on Feb 11, 2018 17:22:21 GMT
Did Colonel Mustard play for the NY Yankees? I usually pick him.......in the kitchen.......holding the candlestick. In woman's tennis, always bet against the heterosexual.
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Post by maya55555 on Feb 11, 2018 18:52:23 GMT
drystyx
This part made me laugh!
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Post by Vegas on Feb 11, 2018 19:53:04 GMT
In woman's tennis, always bet against the heterosexual. In boxing...
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Post by drystyx on Feb 12, 2018 17:31:01 GMT
As one astute poster noted, there is the question of whether knowledge of Baseball is important.
Yes, it's the key to the puzzle, as well as Geography. The answer is elementary (the word "elementary" itself is not a clue. There are enough red herrings.)
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Post by maya55555 on Feb 12, 2018 17:48:12 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 13, 2018 4:03:45 GMT
My apologies, drystyx, but with my utter lack of knowledge about the finer points of the national pastime, I (for one) am going to need at least a hint. I’m guessing it has something to do with the batting averages, else why would they be there? I randomly guessed Emilo, just because my reading of detective-stories has taught me to be wary of cast-iron alibis, but if the crime really were committed at 5:06, then I don’t see how he could be in two places at once (if he’s not anywhere at all… Sorry, Firesign Theatre reference…).
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Post by drystyx on Feb 13, 2018 16:42:17 GMT
Batting averages have nothing to do with it.
Rules of the game, particularly in viewing home field advantage, is a key, and a huge clue.
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Post by Rodney Farber on Feb 13, 2018 17:40:55 GMT
The Alou quintuplets all look exactly alike, and one of them is a MURDERER.
A MURDERER!
All play for the New York Yankees. All are considered to be close to stars.
Adolph, the first to come out of the womb, plays first base. He hits forty home runs a year. BA close to .270
Benito, the second out of the womb, plays second base. He hits forty doubles a year and twenty homers a year. BA close to .285
Che, third out of the womb, plays third base. He fields like Brooks Robinson, robbing players of doubles down the line, and hits thirty doubles a year and twenty homers a year. BA close to .265
Dominic, fourth out of the womb, plays shortstop. He has six gold glove awards, steals 40 bases a year, gets 30 doubles and 10 triples a year, and hits .300.
Emilio, fifth out of the womb, pitches. He starts in a five man rotation, and in just 32 games a year, always wins at least 18 games, with a lifetime ERA of 2.70.
The five share an entire floor of a swanky condo, with extreme security, just a mile from Yankee Stadium. It's actually faster to walk there than take any other means of locomotion, and of the five, base stealing Dominic can run the mile in exactly five minutes, but it takes the others six minutes at best.
Their baby brother, Fabio, who slept with each of their wives/girlfriends, and bragged about it, is found dead in their condo on Saturday June 30, 2018. Columbo is called to the scene. The security cameras show that Fabio was murdered, a baseball stuffed down his throat, and clearly the camera shows it was one of the five brothers. However, the brother who did the act was wearing an outfit that each of them shared, and the camera shows that the brother bloodied all the outfits of the other brothers to make it confusing. The cameras show him taking all the outfits out in a hamper. Outside of camera range, is a maid who washes their clothes. Columbo questions her, and discovers that the brother who took in the hamper had changed into uniform, but wore a vest over it to cover his number, so she doesn't know which one it was.
Columbo finds they were all in a ball game against the Minnesota Twins that day, and the clock on the security camera shows that the crime took place during the eleventh inning, the last inning of the game. This was taking into account the time zone difference, and there was no change for daylight savings or any other changes. The act was committed at exactly the time when Emilio was in a conference with his catcher and the first baseman and third baseman. It was 5:06 p.m. EST. The top of the inning began at 4:35 p.m. and ended at 4:50 p.m.
Columbo has an athletic policeman race to and from the maid's quarters and the murder site, with a loaded hamper. It takes the man 7 minutes at best.
There are no fingerprints on the ball or anywhere else that would convict the murderer.
Columbo looks over the game statistics and has the quintet sit before him.
Adolph had his movements accounted for in the eleventh inning when the Yankees were at the plate, hitting two grand slams in one inning to lead them to a 13-2 final score. However, when the Yankees took the field, he was replaced by a better fielder, and so was not seen after he last touched home plate and got an ovation at 4:43 p.m.
Benito was also replaced in the eleventh inning, by a superior fielder. He was last seen striking out at 4.41 p.m., throwing his bat and disappearing into the dugout.
Che didn't play that game, and watched it in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse. However, security at Yankee Stadium mean that people have to sign in and out during home games there. And no one's name was on the sign out sheet for that Saturday. The security is beyond reproach, with three men verifying every entry.
Dominic was injured in the ninth inning, at 3:58 p.m.. He first limped around the dugout, was seen walking normal on camera at 4:19 p.m., and wasn't seen again until 5:49 p.m., at the victory celebration. He claims he was in the showers and then the bar, but no one can verify it.
Emilio was clearly seen on the mound at 5:06.
The other detectives want to make inquiries, but Columbo is ready to make an arrest. He knows who the killer is. Who does he arrest?
I am not a sports fan, so maybe I have something amiss. - How could the score be 13-2? In "extra innings", once the home team has more runs that the away team, the game is over. At most, the score could be 6-2.
- At some point, you quote a time of 5:06 pm Eastern Standard Time on 30-JUN-2018. However, the legal time in New York on that date is Eastern Daylight Time.
- Do the Minnisota Twins have part of this plot because the Yankees host the Red Sox on that date?
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Post by drystyx on Feb 13, 2018 18:05:33 GMT
Rodney, you're almost there. You've got the key, now open the door. The answer is so simple a caveman can do it. Another clue? Well, Rodney has the key, and should get this. Incidentally, I never said where the game was being played.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Feb 13, 2018 18:13:38 GMT
Rodney, you're almost there. You've got the key, now open the door. The answer is so simple a caveman can do it. Another clue? Well, Rodney has the key, and should get this. Incidentally, I never said where the game was being played. Okay, so if the game is in New York, they're batting at the bottom of each inning, yes, and their fielding at the top of the inning? I may have to change my vote.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 13, 2018 18:30:00 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 13, 2018 18:42:22 GMT
I love your reasoning here, Rodney Farber. 1. Logically, does this mean (here I am hindered by my lack of knowledge of the rules of baseball) that the score could be 13-2 if the Yankees are the away team here? That does seem to comport with drystyx’s spoiler about not mentioning the location, and with his clue about geography. We (or, at least, I) assumed that it had been at Yankee Stadium because of the passage about Che, but that’s not necessarily true, now, is it? 2. We know their condo is in New York. 3. If the Twins are the home team, and the Yankees are in Minneapolis, the only possible culprit could be Che, whether or not he was in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse (he was still in NY). Everyone else was playing the game and, thus, in Minneapolis. I highly doubt that one could fly to New York, commit a murder, and then return. 4. .·. Che is [most likely] the killer. QED. Somehow I think my reasoning is faulty, but that’s what I’ve got thus far. Criticisms welcome, as I’m probably wrong.
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Post by Rodney Farber on Feb 13, 2018 19:43:43 GMT
(text omitted) ... The other detectives want to make inquiries, (text omitted) If the answer lies where I think it lies, why do the other detectives want to make inquiries? Are they total morons?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 19:48:56 GMT
Unless I misread, it's Che because the game is in Minneapolis
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 13, 2018 19:51:07 GMT
Unless I misread, it's Che because the game is in Minneapolis Aye, that’s what I thought, too—which also raises Rodney Farber’s question.
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Post by drystyx on Feb 14, 2018 16:48:04 GMT
Salzmank and Suicide are correct. The Yankees have to be playing way up in Minnesota. That was the key. Since the security of the room Che is supposedly watching the game in applies specifically to home games, he is unaccounted for.
Good job detectives.
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