Craig Goldstein (Baseball Prospectus) returns to talk Dodgers, diving for balls, and salary caps. Plus tales: A short shortstop fails to measure up and Roy Campanella asks the wrong team for a job.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Tommy Macmillan and the Non-Magical MangerCampy’s Plea to the PhilliesCraig Goldstein: Baseball is Everything it TouchesThe Trea Turner: Time-Traveler?Cool Papa Calls In/Joe DiMaggio Didn’t DiveSeager vs. Turner?Once More Unto Cody BellingerBetts to Second/Tatis to the OutfieldGoldstein on Sprint-SpeedIs the ‘Playoff Chase’ Over?James and ChaimThe Orioles and ‘Competitive Balance’”The Barstool Flirtation*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’s 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’ll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can’t get anybody out?