Infinite Inning 121 It Is High, It Is Far, It Is Entropy

Published: Sept. 23, 2019, 8:13 a.m.

b'Emma Baccellieri (Baseball Prospectus, Deadspin, Sports Illustrated) asks what we\\u2019re talking about when we talk about baseball dying, plus Mr. Rivera goes to Washington and ruminations on the Felipe Valazquez case.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Senators Game in 1925/Mr. Rivera Goes to Washington*The Valazquez Case*Emma Baccellieri: \\u201cA Brief History of the Many Times Baseball Has Died\\u201d*Doomsaying Never Goes Out of Style*What We Mean When We Talk About Baseball Dying*It is High, It is Far, It is Entropy*Mr. Toad\\u2019s Wild Ride and Sandwich Shops*So What Will Be Baseball\\u2019s Kryptonite?*Patient Zero of a Shaky Era in Media*The SI Legacy*Unlimited Expense Account*Physics Might Have Been the Steadier Profession*Rubbing Mud is Your Destiny*The NL Cy Young Award Race*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\\u2019s 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\\u2019ll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can\\u2019t get anybody out?'