Death at the Edge of the Diamond

Jon Megquire went to Cape Cod in the summer of 1979 expecting to play baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League - a stepping stone from college to the big leagues. He expected to be tooling around in his MG Midget that he called Maybelline. He expected to have fun with his teammates, to build stuff with his contractor host family, and simply enjoy a Cape Cod summer.

But it didn't turn out exactly that way.

In 1979 oil was being held hostage and major league baseball salaries were about to broa...