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Infinite Inning 252: Thanksgiving in March (The Unpopular Dad)

Episode 252

Infinite Inning 252: Thanksgiving in March (The Unpopular Dad) In an odd bit of timing, this week the Infinite Inning presents two stories about birds, one about a manager and an all-time great slugg…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Infinite Inning 251: Not That Rainbow

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Eleven Bites*Scooter and Where to Find Grover Cleveland When He’s Dead*The Children of Greater Boston Want Twinkies*Vice-President in the Clubhouse*All Alone on the Mound*Grantland R…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Infinite Inning 250 Baseballs Keep Falling on My Head

Episode 250

“The $100,000 Muff” as a state of being and the tale of a shortstop who tried to play only when he felt up to it.

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Casey Stengel’s Imitation of Fred Snodgrass in America*A Very Simple…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Infinite Inning 249: The Great Shortstops of Europe

Episode 249

An episode about having generosity for broken infielders, both the capable and relatively incapable, the healthy but unproductive and the productive but slain by inanimate objects.

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M…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Infinite Inning 248 The Infinite Honey-Boy

Episode 248

In which the player called “Honey-Boy” is traded by the Cubs to great derision and a rebuild movement is compared to the art of long-term self-deception.

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All the Lies That Are My Lif…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Infinite Inning 247: The Shinners Factor

Episode 247

A tale for New Year’s Eve: A Giants prospect wins a job but fails to cope with harsh fate. Plus the usual asides and digressions, including Satchel Paige’s Six Rules for Staying Young, with commentar…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Infinite Inning 246: Casey and the Lost Umpire

Episode 246

A solo because-it’s-Christmas episode in which Casey Stengel stages a protest but it’s the umpire who pays the ultimate price.

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Intro: A Branch Rickey Christmas*The Reserve Clause, Pl…

Published on 3 years ago

Infinite Inning 245: The Day The Umpires Heard "Ahooga!"

Episode 245

A solo episode dashes from umpires stranded on foggy seas to a Savage pitcher who received multiple Purple Hearts—and somehow conquered his control while doing so—and reflects on what his story warns…

Published on 3 years ago

Infinite Inning 244: It Won't Be The Turkey Who Gets You

Episode 244

Cliff Corcoran returns to discuss the new Hall of Fame ballot, negative associations with certain players and even uniforms, the disparate interpretations possible when reading a key “Peanuts” strip,…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Infinite Inning 243: World Series Oops

A solo episode features a controversial managerial decision that might have lost the 1935 World Series for the Cubs and a look at a moment in baseball and the rest of the nation on August 14 of that …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago