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Infinite Inning 154 North Atlantic Salmon-Fishing Erotica
This one has everything: David Roth, the Defector, a mysterious player with a name that suggests a large animal with a slack colon, a rumored Mickey Mantle trade of 1958, the Mets, and more.
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Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Infinite Inning 153: Sour Cherry Baseball
Cliff Corcoran returns to discuss actual baseball, plus tales of pandemics past, vanished players, and cheering home runs through the valley of death, 1945.
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Seventy-Five Years of Home…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Infinite Inning 152 Rod Carew Reflects
Hall of Famer Rod Carew discusses his career and his life both before and after baseball. Plus tales of a future Hall of Famer demoralized by the Dodgers and Carew encountering racist gamesmanship in…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Infinite Inning 151 Change Can Be Joyful
Sociologist Dr. Jennifer Earl discusses how the Internet has changed the way we come together to change the world. Plus an old-time catcher celebrates the good old days that never were and Lefty Gome…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Infinite Inning 150 Which American Dream?
Eric Nusbaum, author of Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught In Between discusses the long tug-of-war over Chavez Ravine, who had it, who lost it, and who was to blame—featur…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Infinite Inning 149 Hey, Barney, Play Ball!
Craig Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus returns to discuss the MLB reopening, how the “legitimacy” question is misapplied to this season, and repudiates greeting cards. Plus: Tales of a Native America…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Infinite Inning 148: The Deficiencies of the Closer Mentality in Everyday Living
Jesse Spector returns to discuss the non-return of baseball, an old baseball arcade game, and his decision to join the revived Deadspin. Plus: Tales of an early Cuban star who might have been a very …
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Infinite Inning 147 The 600 Women
Writer/artist Anika Orrock discusses The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, plus tales of a catcher who would not ask forgiveness and an interaction between a po…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Infinite Inning 146: My Travels with Coffee
Brad Balukjian, author of The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife discusses his cross-country journey to find players, great and obscure, of the 1980s and find out how they’r…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago
Infinite Inning 145: Procrustes Mustardo and Wander Manchego for the Win
David Roth returns for a very “There is No Sports, Rudolph” special episode, discussing KBO baseball, the non-sale of the New York Mets, bad Mariners draft picks, old “chase” baseball cards, and diss…
Published on 5 years, 7 months ago