Infinite Inning 244: It Won't Be The Turkey Who Gets You

Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 4:44 a.m.

b'Cliff Corcoran returns to discuss the new Hall of Fame ballot, negative associations with certain players and even uniforms, the disparate interpretations possible when reading a key \\u201cPeanuts\\u201d strip, and more. Plus tales: A pitcher with a problem pitches a no-hitter and then things get weird\\u2014and potentially fatal.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Spirited Thanksgiving*Intergalactic Union Day*It Wasn\\u2019t the Alcohol that Killed Him*Cliff Corcoran*Hollywood Stars Hats and the Holocaust*Here\\u2019s the World War I Flying Ace*Escapism of Different Kinds*The Gertrude Question Two Ways*The New Hall of Fame Ballot*Carlos Beltran*The Triumph of WAR*The Bernie Williams Discontents*The Carole King Digression*Brian Cashman and Jacoby Ellsbury*Nick Senzel Was Not One of Them*Skipped \\u201cThe Sound of Music\\u201d*\\u201cGone with the Wind\\u201d/\\u201cThe Best Years of Our Lives\\u201d*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'