Infinite Inning 132 The Call of the Trashcan

Published: Jan. 25, 2020, 8:34 p.m.

b'Marc Normandin returns to talk Astros and Red Sox sign-stealing fallout, plus tales of a player so serene he could sleep in the middle of a ballgame and a Dodgers fan objects to women in the ballpark.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
When Edd Roush Needs a Nap, Edd Roush Takes a Nap*Ladies\\u2019 Day (\\u201cDames! Dames! Dames!\\u201d)*Marc Normandin: A Brief, Inadvertent \\u201cRise of Skywalker\\u201d Chat*Astros and Red Sox Cheating Reactions*The Astros\\u2019 Taubmanism and the Price of Hubris*Jeff Luhnow and Management-Consultant Culture*Are the Astros Players Permanently Tainted?*Down with the Hall of Fame Gallery, Up With the Museum*Did the Last Two Postseasons Really Happen?*What is Wrong with the Colorado Rockies?*Are the Red Sox Building Up or Tearing Down?*Let\\u2019s Dispense with the Ideas of Managers as Difference-Makers*A.J. Hinch: No Good Men in Sodom*Trevor Bauer is Blocked*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?'