Podcast Episodes

Infinite Inning 346: Minnesota Twins Columnated Ruins Domino

Episode 346

Collapsing teams this September inspire a visit with a Twins journeyman who has a huge day at the plate, keeping an unexpected contender in first place for a little longer (though the magic leaves wh…

Published on 3 months ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 17 (076): Sammy Sosa and the Illuminati

Before we go back to 2018 for a discussion of the only Cubs general manager who was moonlighting from his job at the fish-market and a non-baseball tale, one of the more obscure and unflattering epis…

Published on 3 months ago

Infinite Inning 345: In Which Babe Ruth Marries a Man and Mickey Mantle Feels Poorly

Babe Ruth backs the attack as Babe Ruth gets married, but to a guy named H.C., not a former model named Claire. Cal Raleigh goes on a rampage and Mickey Mantle finishes 1961 quietly, but why did the …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 16 (011): You Have to Be Resilient in Baseball

...Because you might just field the ball with your skull. This week’s new remarks include further reflections on the national calamity unleashed last week, leading into a reissue episode focused on a…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Infinite Inning 344: If Czolgosz Had Read the Box Scores

Episode 344

In which the outfielder called Zaza is rediscovered, as is the hit “dirty” turn-of-the-century play that gave him his name. We then briefly pause for a Dodgers outfielder’s career to come to a sudden…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 15 (055): A Baseball Conversation with Davey Johnson

We return to 2018 and a conversation with the late great manager Davey Johnson, with a cameo from his very excited dogs. This week’s new remarks expand on Johnson’s Hall of Fame case, though it’s now…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Infinite Inning 343: Yankees First Baseman America I

Episode 343

First a catcher and an umpire supposedly participate in a physically impossible act, a computer program vexes the host and leads to a discussion of one possibly beneficial use of AI, and the Yankees …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 14 (209): Baseball Before Vaccines

This week’s new remarks are occasioned by the Florida surgeon general’s decision (which he may or may not have the power to enforce) to repeal all vaccine mandates in the state. Then we return to the…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Infinite Inning 342: To Kill a Baseball Team

Episode 342

An obscure umpire-punching incident by a Washington Senators outfielder helps cement the death of the franchise, the slowness of catchers is recalled when a famously leadfooted example steals a base,…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 13 (041): The Yankees, the Senators, and the Circle of Cows

In this week’s new remarks, we consider a revival of the baseball musical Damn Yankees which may let the bigoted owners of the original Washington Senators off the hook for destroying their franchise…

Published on 4 months ago