Infinite Inning 192: A Series of Non-Setbacks

Published: July 3, 2021, 9:25 p.m.

b'David Roth returns to discuss the upcoming trading deadline, climate change, and Mets injury-setbacks that aren\\u2019t setbacks. Plus the Yankees\\u2019 disappointing season provokes a remembrance of George Steinbrenner\\u2019s cruelty and generosity and (TRIGGER WARNING) Trevor Bauer is discussed in the context of a great old baseball horror story.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Some of George Steinbrenner\\u2019s Greatest Hits*George Steinbrenner and the Vets\\u2019 Reunion at Yankee Stadium*Trevor Bauer and \\u201cFoul Play\\u201d*David Roth: \\u201cCool\\u201d*A Brief Orson Welles Digression*The Great Sweating Players of Our Time*\\u201cIt Sure Holds the Heat!\\u201d*Portland, ME Accents versus Delco, Baked Beans and Brown Bread*Vaccination is a Competitive Advantage*COVID and the College World Series*Anthony Rizzo, Jason Heyward and Unproductive Agency*The [Twins?] Vaccine Lottery*\\u201cThe Italian Doctors\\u201d*Trade Value of the Unvaccinated*deGrom deDiagnosed*Travails of Francisco Lindor*Not Everyone Can Trade for Starling Marte*The Vogelbach Incident*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?'