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b'Cliff Corcoran (The Athletic) returns to talk baseball, and then is joined by film critic Scott Tobias (The Next Picture Show podcast) to talk about \\u201cSolo,\\u201d the Star Wars and Marvel franchises, and the curse of the summer movie season. Prior, Steve has two stories of Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst, plus a protest of sorts.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Stan Musial\\u2019s kid and mine*Popeye thoughts*Red Shoendienst, Stan Musial, and Trader Frank Lane*Cliff Corcoran: The Montgomery Biscuits cap et al*The integration of the Philadelphia Phillies*Clayton Kershaw in Decline/The Dodgers at .500*The Matt Kemp revival*Scott Tobias: \\u201cSolo\\u201d and early Star Wars relationships*\\u201cGodfather II\\u201d references*This is a cynical character?*Disney as franchise-keeper*Anti-auterism*Edgar Wright fantasies*Irrelevant cameo*The \\u201cYou\\u2019ve Got Mail\\u201d digression*The hardest time of year for a film critic*Coming attractions*Plugs for \\u201cRicki and the Flash\\u201d and the \\u201cMission Impossible\\u201d film series*Star Wars vs. Lovecraft*The Cinematography of \\u201cSolo\\u201d*Will J.J. Abrams undo it all?*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?'