Podcast Episodes

Infinite Inning Reissue 20 (072): An Injured Pitcher, an Injured Country, and a Hurricane

In this week’s new remarks, we observe how quaint the racial dialogue of 2018 was (or at least your host’s was) in light of what was coming down the line for the nation. After a brief discussion of p…

Published on 21 hours ago

Infinite Inning 348: The 1925 World Series Without Tears

We note the passing of Mike Greenwell and an odd time to be an injured player with the Red Sox, and observe the cruel turns fate can take. Continuing on that theme, we go back to the 1925 World Serie…

Published on 6 days, 13 hours ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 18 (067): Ballplayers and Pastries Above Replacement-Level

In both this week’s new remarks and in the reissue segment we revisit our obligation to think critically and how the concept of WAR can help us frame the abstract concepts of “better” and “worse,” an…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Infinite Inning 347: Spahn, Bringer of Screwballs; Mars, Bringer of War

Episode 347

We begin by fixing the Rockies with the 1987 Cardinals, stopping off at the intersection of George Steinbrenner gaslighting and (one more time) my Chuck Knoblauch Story. Then we journey back to World…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 18 (007): Lou Gehrig and Austin McHenry Haunt the ACA

We revisit an early episode about two great ballplayers who sickened at midcareer and, sadly, could not come back in any sense. What can we learn from them? This week’s new remarks expand on that the…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Infinite Inning 346: Minnesota Twins Columnated Ruins Domino

Episode 346

Collapsing teams this September inspire a visit with a Twins journeyman who has a huge day at the plate, keeping an unexpected contender in first place for a little longer (though the magic leaves wh…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 17 (076): Sammy Sosa and the Illuminati

Before we go back to 2018 for a discussion of the only Cubs general manager who was moonlighting from his job at the fish-market and a non-baseball tale, one of the more obscure and unflattering epis…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Infinite Inning 345: In Which Babe Ruth Marries a Man and Mickey Mantle Feels Poorly

Babe Ruth backs the attack as Babe Ruth gets married, but to a guy named H.C., not a former model named Claire. Cal Raleigh goes on a rampage and Mickey Mantle finishes 1961 quietly, but why did the …

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 16 (011): You Have to Be Resilient in Baseball

...Because you might just field the ball with your skull. This week’s new remarks include further reflections on the national calamity unleashed last week, leading into a reissue episode focused on a…

Published on 1 month ago

Infinite Inning 344: If Czolgosz Had Read the Box Scores

Episode 344

In which the outfielder called Zaza is rediscovered, as is the hit “dirty” turn-of-the-century play that gave him his name. We then briefly pause for a Dodgers outfielder’s career to come to a sudden…

Published on 1 month ago