Infinite Inning 133 Always the Most Reasonable Person

Published: Feb. 1, 2020, 11:41 p.m.

b'Allen Barra (Mickey and Willie; The Last Coach; Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee; Inventing Wyatt Earp) discusses his friendship with MLBPA head and new Hall of Famer Marvin Miller. Plus, the consequences of immorality in baseball and a couple of highly flawed Giants relationships.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Hal Chase, Roberto Clemente, and \\u201cThe Good Place\\u201d*Managers Hired, Fired, and Hitting Each Other*Allen Barra: Marvin Miller\\u2019s Belated Enshrinement*What Was Marvin Miller Like?*Verbal Jujitsu*A Union Man His Whole Life*A Brief Visit to Birmingham*Marvin Miller vs. Bowie Kuhn*Czars Can\\u2019t Be Fired*Abraham Lincoln Doesn\\u2019t Enter Into It*Disenchanted/Bitter/Betrayed by Reggie*Bobby Thomson Had the Dodgers\\u2019 Signs*Ranking the Top Six Wyatt Earp Movies*Consulting for \\u201cTombstone\\u201d*\\u201dGlory\\u201d and the Denigration of African American Soldiers*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?'