Infinite Inning 190: Lame Cakes and Sticky Stuff

Published: June 14, 2021, 5:08 a.m.

b'Jesse Spector returns to talk grip-enhanced cheating and \\u201csnack cakes,\\u201d plus tales of Satchel Paige under attack by a man imitating a pig and John McGraw hit below the belt.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Piersall, Paige, and the Walk-Off Grand Slam*The Church of B\\u2019Grobus*McGraw, Crossfire, and an Accusation*Jesse Spector: Hostess vs. Drakes*Gerrit Cole, Spider-Grip, Et Al*Jacob deGrom in the Age of the Inquisition*\\u201cSticky Stuff is Central to Both\\u201d*The Disappointing Yankees*The Post-Farm System Era?*Rewind Johneshwy*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?'