The Infinite Inning
The Infinite Inning is a journey to the past to understand the present using baseball as our time machine. America's brighter mirror, baseball reflects, anticipates, and even mocks the stories we tell ourselves about our world today. Baseball Prospectus's Steven Goldman shares his obsessions: history from inside and outside of the game, politics, stats, and Casey Stengel quotations. Along the way, we'll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you...
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Infinite Inning Reissue 20 (072): An Injured Pitcher, an Injured Country, and a...
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Infinite Inning 348: The 1925 World Series Without Tears
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Infinite Inning Reissue 18 (067): Ballplayers and Pastries Above Replacement-Lev...
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Infinite Inning 347: Spahn, Bringer of Screwballs; Mars, Bringer of War
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Infinite Inning Reissue 18 (007): Lou Gehrig and Austin McHenry Haunt the ACA
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Infinite Inning 346: Minnesota Twins Columnated Ruins Domino
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Infinite Inning Reissue 17 (076): Sammy Sosa and the Illuminati
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Infinite Inning 345: In Which Babe Ruth Marries a Man and Mickey Mantle Feels Po...
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Infinite Inning Reissue 16 (011): You Have to Be Resilient in Baseball
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Infinite Inning 344: If Czolgosz Had Read the Box Scores
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Infinite Inning Reissue 15 (055): A Baseball Conversation with Davey Johnson
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Infinite Inning 343: Yankees First Baseman America I
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Infinite Inning Reissue 14 (209): Baseball Before Vaccines
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Infinite Inning 342: To Kill a Baseball Team
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Infinite Inning Reissue 13 (041): The Yankees, the Senators, and the Circle of C...
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Infinite Inning 341: Oh Say Can You See Bad Yankees Trades
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Infinite Inning Reissue 12 (068): The Dodgers, the Giants, and Being More Crimin...
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Infinite Inning 340: The Yankees, Buhner, Phelps, and the Pinstriped Excuse
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Infinite Inning Reissue 11 (019): The Greatest Pitcher in A’s History and the De...
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Infinite Inning 339: The Greatest Deadline Deal and the L.A. White Sox Bring the...
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Infinite Inning 338: Superman Almost Defunds the Negro Leagues
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Infinite Inning Reissue 10 (053): On Cobb, Robinson, American Values, and 3000 H...
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Infinite Inning Reissue 9 (079): Cubs in the Stands, Giants on the Breadline, an...
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Infinite Inning 337: Yankees and Cubs Have Wants and Desires
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Infinite Inning Reissue 8 (050): Everyone Rejects Roy, Even the Yankees, But Eve...
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Infinite Inning 336: The St. Louis Cardinals, a Trade, and a Kidnapping
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Infinite Inning Reissue 7 (023) The Red Sox vs. Niccolo Machiavelli, the Mets vs...
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Infinite Inning 335: The Yankees-Iran Nuclear Arms Agreement
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Infinite Inning Reissue 6 (064): The Dodgers Say No to America First
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Infinite Inning 334: The Cleveland Indians (and Other Parties) Send Mixed Messag...
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Infinite Inning Reissue 5 (173): Lou Gehrig Dreams of Smiting Nazis for the Yank...
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Infinite Inning 333: Leadership, Dodgers Style
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Infinite Inning Reissue 4 (044): Cookie Says Just the Tip
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Infinite Inning 332: Women at the Park and Dictators in the Dugout
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Infinite Inning Reissue 3 (013): Derek Jeter, Joe Biden, and the Dumbest Conspir...
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Infinite Inning 331: Runners Down in the Lanes
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Infinite Inning Reissue 2 (006): Go Home, Snooks!
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Infinite Inning 330: The Great Boston Red Sox Depression
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Infinite Inning Reissue 1 (146): The Rulebreakers & The .399 Loser
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Infinite Inning: 328 Some of Us Just Have a Type
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Infinite Inning 327: Moon, Sheriff, Dutch, and the Mighty Quinn
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Infinite Inning 326: The Cult of Pennant Park
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Infinite Inning 325: No Dead Man Should Have a Watch This Nice
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Infinite Inning 324: The Way We Live Now (Again)
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Infinite Inning 323: I Fought the Law
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Infinite Inning 322: Hollywood Crossed with Uz
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Infinite Inning 321: Man's Life's a Gamble
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Infinite Inning 320: The Fatal Bellow of the Man They Called Horse
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Infinite Inning 319: Songs of Innocence and Experience
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Infinite Inning 318: A Murder in Albany and Other Tales
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