Infinite Inning 156: Left Behind On the Beach

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 6:41 a.m.

b'Ginny Searle (Baseball Prospectus) discusses the aftermath of the Thom Brenneman slur and gives a scholar\\u2019s insight into Shakespeare. Plus racially-motivated violence in the Negro Leagues and the PCL, with a voyage into one of the great nicknames.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Consequences of Being Boojum Wilson*A Fight in Oakland: \\u201cHere\\u2019s My Chance\\u201d*Ginny Searle: What Can Be Done to Make Baseball a More Welcoming Space for LGBT People?*\\u201cI Wouldn\\u2019t Say It\\u2019s a Lifestyle, I\\u2019d Say It\\u2019s My Life\\u201d*Empathy*Is Jackie Robinson an Inapt Comparison?*Why is Homophobia the Last Socially-Acceptable Prejudice?*There\\u2019s More Than One Way to Be Male or Female*That Kissing Scene in Ball Four*\\u201cLove and Theft\\u201d*What Has Been Good About the 2020 Season?*Fake Crowd Noise*Shakespeare Can Make You Feel Dumb*The Most Confusing Sentence in Shakespeare*Editing Mistakes and Jo Adell in Right*Some Old Texas Rangers Who Didn\\u2019t Quite Work Out*Midlife-Crisis Sonnets?*Shakespeare Wants to Have Your Babies (or Vice-Versa)*\\u201cWho Gets to Speak?\\u201d*\\u201cRomeo + Juliet?\\u201d*Is There Hope for Understanding?*Goodybyes.

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?'