Podcast Episodes

Infinite Inning 262: It's Not That We Don't Want You

Episode 262

We begin with a player whose bid for a major league roster spot was deflected by fish-on-human violence and whose sense of humor was deflected by something more tragic, then we turn to Jose Urias’s s…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Infinite Inning 261: A Torkelson Torkels Whatever He Does

Episode 261

Could there have been a Tigers first baseman more ill-fated than Spencer Torkelson? Yes, by far, especially when his manager thought he couldn’t play and his own trainer tried to bake him. Plus, an e…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Infinite Inning 260: Uncle John's Band Gave Me a Rash

Episode 260

A wide-ranging episode in which we cover the greatest pitching staffs of all time, Ted Lyons, Al Lopez, Tony Cuccinello, an underachieving White Sox team, and a first baseman named Supply.

The Infini…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Infinite Inning 259: The War Within Joe Dugan and Other Tales of Quitting

Episode 259

The namesake of a Hall of Fame pitcher and pioneer of the game opts not to become a player but turns into a star nonetheless, while a third baseman who wasn’t a star (but was sometimes celebrated as …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Infinite Inning 258: Only Harmless Rebellions

Episode 258

The Yankees stash one of the game’s founding generation in their press box and a traded player gets sweet revenge against the manager who dissed him, possibly with his buttocks. Plus, players object …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Infinite Inning 257: In Immensity One Lonelier Than You

Episode 257

Two tales of players punished by time and sundry other flaws. First, Jimmy Dykes loses his legs, then Hall of Famer Al Simmons loses his career, his wife, his life, and his final bottle. Plus: A brie…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Infinite Inning 256: Welcome the Bear Inside

A brief history of Popup John, original Yankee, and his run-in with Ring Lardner, while another great writer explains a crusade against injustice in terms of a pitcher’s love-life. Plus the usual sid…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Infinite Inning 255: After Jackie Robinson Day What

Episode 255

The annual arrival of Jackie Robinson Day brings tales of an early series between Rube Foster’s Giants and Ty Cobb’s Tigers, one that proved a point without changing anything, while a Hall of Fame pi…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Infinite Inning 254: The War Between the Cubs and Other Stories

Episode 254

Losing Pitcher Mulcahy loses one more game for his country, a discussion of a fictional crossdressing firefighter of 1930 and objections thereto, and two Chicago Cubs come to blows over their grandpa…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

Infinite Inning 253: Let's Gooooo

Branch Rickey confronts his mortality and misses the date, players rally in slow motion, and the Dodgers pitch a prospect’s arm off, but not before he was part of a minor-league tiff that anticipated…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago