Infinite Inning 157: Apologies to Eddie

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 4:12 a.m.

b'Jesse Spector returns to debate which players are overrated and remember Tom Seaver, plus Big Ed Walsh fails to parent and Ed Whitson is betrayed by Yankees fans.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Big Ed\\u2019s Kids*Failing Ed Whitson*Jesse Spector: Tom Seaver: The Yankees Years*The Serious Seaver*Aroldis Chapman vs. the Rays*Twitter Homerism*\\u201cJ. Guerra\\u201d*Mike Clevinger: Persona Non Grata*Most Overrated Players*\\u201cJeter Wouldn\\u2019t Have Had That\\u201d*Is Yadier Molina a Hall of Famer?*Andy Pettitte Career vs. Peak*Still More Yadier (and Ted Simmons\\u2019 Worst Year)*\\u201cSpecious is the Wrong Word\\u201d*Bo Knows Overrated*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?'