Podcast Episodes

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 Mic…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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 expa…

5 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 o…

5 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 va…

5 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…

6 months 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 Se…

6 months ago

Infinite Inning 341: Oh Say Can You See Bad Yankees Trades

Episode 341

We’re back after an unanticipated medical time out! Casey Stengel gives a medical report and so does the host; why the bad parts of American history …

6 months ago

Infinite Inning Reissue 12 (068): The Dodgers, the Giants, and Being More Criminal Than You Have a Right to Be

In this week’s new remarks, a sentimental farewell to the great Ryne Sandberg, the traffic en route to Citi Field and the world outside our windows, …

7 months ago