Infinite Inning 220: Fire at the Match Factory

Published: April 3, 2022, 12:23 a.m.

b'A solo episode about service-time manipulation, entropy, destroyed pitching prospects, \\u201cDon\\u2019t Say Gay,\\u201d and Will Smith\\u2019s slap versus the on-field variety.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Brief Invocation of John Candelaria*Oneil Cruz Can Keep the Rain Off of You*Pie Traynor Debunked*Entropy is All and Everything and I Couldn\\u2019t Possibly Be Better*Spirit Ballplayers II*Who Killed Russ Bauers?*\\u201cSay It With a Slap\\u201d and the \\u201cDon\\u2019t Say Gay\\u201d Bill*Lee Grissom vs. Al Todd*Impulse Control*Frank Robinson vs. Eddie Mathews*Al Cowens, Avenger*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?'