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Infinite Inning 232: My Boyhood Pal Marilyn Monroe
Infinite Inning 232: My Boyhood Pal, Marilyn Monroe
One more (really) solo episode as we gear up for the Baseball’s Brief Lives, the Infinite Inning book: The son of a Hall of Famer makes a very famou…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Infinite Inning 231: The Courtship of Adrian & Virginia
A final solo episode before a return to guests features discussions of a manager realizing he was in over his head after just one game and a Hall of Famer meets his wife—in a way that would land him …
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Infinite Inning 230: The One with Lute
One more solo episode inspired, as always, by current events in which the right player is suspended for what he didn’t do but what everyone understood he intended and a player attempts to start a fan…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Infinite Inning 229: The Benign Uncle
Another solo episode as your host continues to recover from whatever is wrong with him THIS week! (Even his doctors mock him). This week: Tales of two catchers, one of whom was the best uncle basebal…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Infinite Inning 228: A Great Boy for Baseball
A solo episode in which sad past and sorry present collide in the spring of 1927, when even as Babe Ruth and the Yankees were setting records there was evil abroad in Michigan. Then we journey to 194…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Infinite Inning 227: Playing the Sorrow Corner
Author Dan Good discusses a tragic player and Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession that Changed Baseball Forever. Plus tales: Casey Stengel wonders who you can ask for a…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Infinite Inning 226: Willets Point After Dark
Jesse Spector dishes on his new book/podcast/newsletter endeavor, Willets Pen, praises Buck Showalter, and considers the ins and outs of rally sex. Plus tales: A catcher drinks, knits, and recovers w…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Infinite Inning 225: Real Heavy Idealism
Cliff Corcoran returns to talk about the new dead-ball, pitchers fielding, and the arrival of Kelsie Whitmore in the Atlantic League, plus takes: An umpire provokes the women in the stands and a 25-r…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Infinite Inning 224 Pippen, Heberdick, and Prospects
Jeffrey Paternostro returns for a premature look at prospects’ progress. Plus tales: A pitcher takes the wrong lesson from adversity and a Red Sox third baseman’s home run underscores present-day off…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Infinite Inning 223: Punko Lobster
David Roth returns to discuss the uplift provided by the new season, Robinson Cano, how the Reds provoke thoughts of the end of history, Pitchcom, and the 1985 arcade came “Gauntlet.” Plus tales: Tea…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago