Infinite Inning 115: The One With Mariano Rivera Toyota

Jesse Spector talks trade deadline action, inaction, and consequences as well as details a deer encounter on the Taconic Parkway. Plus, tales of the murderous Danny Shay and Carl Mays’ downfall.

WARNING: There are two cusswords in this one. Cover the dog’s ears lest he be corrupted.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Danny Shay and Clarence Euell*New Patreon Benefit*Carl Mays Falls From Grace*Jesse Spector: Father of the Year Magazine Premium*Down on Charlie Hayes*“Can’t Play in New York”*The Astros Get Zack Greinke*Wade Miley Paranoia*A Possibly Ill-Informed Note on Aaron Judge*What Didn’t Happen at the Deadline (Yankees and Dodgers)*Every Team in Baseball Commented On, Give or Take*Felipe Vazquez, Mariano Rivera, and the Short Shelf-Life of a Closer*Unexpected Empathy for Jim Leyritz/Willfully Ignoring Mariano Rivera’s Politics*Ranger Rick Explains the Circle of Life*Rivera Escapes Another Jam*PTS[Rob]Deer*The Yankees Stand Pat*Clint Frazier Avenged*Inevitably, the Mets*Look Out, Houston*Goodbyes.

The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, Cliff Corcoran, and David Roth, and occasional guests discuss the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the culture at large. Expect stats, anecdotes, digressions, explorations of writing and fandom, and more Casey Stengel quotations than you thought possible. Along the way, they’ll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can’t get anybody out?