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Infinite Inning 290: If Death Be Not Proud
Episode 290
Jimmie Foxx versus Cass Elliot in a battle of unfairly judged passings.
The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Go…
1 year, 8 months ago
Infinite Inning 289: Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Episode 289
In 1951 a Hall of Fame sportswriter reacts to the advent of Willie Mays in a spectacularly stupid way and we are on the spot with a stern rebuke and …
1 year, 8 months ago
Infinite Inning 288: The Drunken Why
Episode 288
A Negro Leagues great with a odd nickname opts out of education and into baseball, and we revisit the day that Philadelphia fans booed not Santa Clau…
1 year, 8 months ago
Infinite Inning 287: Even the Losers
Episode 287
Two stories begin in different times and places, but both converge on the same great player and the same great lesson. Starring a plethora of Hall of…
1 year, 9 months ago
Infinite Inning 286: One Bad Day is Just One Bad Day
Episode 286
Tiny Bonham and William Shakespeare revisited, Steve Trout, Don Mattingly, 20-run losses, and dealing with loss.
The Infinite Inning is not only about…
1 year, 9 months ago
Infinite Inning 284: Truth, Justice, and Some Baggage
Episode 284
A pitcher who only got one chance, an antisocial Hall of Famer who got many, and the one time he didn’t fight, the Max Kepler Ass-Ad (Lucky Larry) an…
1 year, 9 months ago
Infinite Inning 283A: Charlie's Legs, a Covid Mini-Episode
Due to a case of Covid, we have a mini-episode this week in which the pandemic is ruminated upon and a catcher of ancient days bungles the dismount.
1 year, 9 months ago
Infinite Inning 283: The Way We Go Mad Today
A cluster of insanity among 19th century players with Louisville, starring a Gladiator and a Chicken, with resonance to the present day. Plus we visi…
1 year, 10 months ago
Infinite Inning 282: Committed to Glaring Mistakes
Episode 282
For very personal but with luck very premature reasons, we ask whether the great Giants manager John McGraw ever made peace with his father and explo…
1 year, 10 months ago
Infinite Inning 281: Night of the Ambulance Horse
Christy Mathewson pitches one of his worst best games and John McGraw gets ejected, though probably not because of his umbrella; Gene Woodling smokes…
1 year, 10 months ago