Podcast Episodes

Infinite Inning 272: The Schiappacasse Files

A forgotten left-handed great goes to Augusta and finds three other players in search of a destiny, but none of them gets precisely what he wants, and the Red Sox bring back a managerial great to tur…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Infinite Inning 271: Pigeon of the American Mind

Episode 271

A shortstop has two wives (but finds time to invent the padded glove), a .330-hitting outfielder is driven off because of his tan, and a Native American pitcher wills himself to begin again—but not u…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Infinite Inning 270: The HOBE Factor

This week a discussion of sadism as a way to pass the time with two tales from the early 20th century, one involving a violent Red Sox second baseman and the other an obnoxious Yankees shortstop name…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Infinite Inning 269: Between the Fire and Us

Episode 269

Kate Claxton’s Six Rules for Staying Young versus Satchel Paige’s, plus the changing nature of public danger; more on fighting in baseball, with some 1924 ejections; more on Ed Kontechy, the “Bohemia…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Infinite Inning 268: A Broom of Twigs as Are We All

Episode 266

Infinite Inning 268: A Broom of Twigs as Are We All Casey Stengel, Winston Churchill, the 1962 Mets, Lavengro, what a besom is, Theodore Roosevelt, the Reverend Dr. Russell M. Brougher, the efficacy …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Infinite Inning 267: We Talk About Bruno

Episode 267

A World War II hero battles his way back to the mound and is given both rough and tender treatment by Ted Williams, a discussion of the Black Sox and the 14th Amendment, and the wildest pitching day …

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Infinite Inning 266: Ukulele at a Gunfight

Episode 266

The last episode of 2023! A pitcher undergoes a questionable treatment on his arm and loses a unique oral talent, a utility infielder gets drunk, violent, and convicted, and a clarification about Jac…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Infinite Inning 265 Sing As We Go? I Prefer Not To

Famous last words, including Casey Stengel’s, a shortstop who liked semi-pro leagues better than the majors (and desperately needed a dermatologist), and an argument about moral relativism which ends…

Published on 2 years ago

Infinite Inning 264: The One Without Peckinpaugh

Episode 264

No Peckinpaughs were hurt in the recording of this episode, but we do visit the 1925 World Series, where Babe Ruth makes a dad joke that tempts fate, check in on a pitcher who may or may not have bee…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Infinite Inning 263: Grunting at the Guesser

Episode 263

In which a rookie’s arrogance (mildly) tests Earl Weaver and a pitcher nicknamed “Bucher Boy” prompts a mass ejection event.

The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago