David Roth returns to discuss the upcoming trading deadline, climate change, and Mets injury-setbacks that aren’t setbacks. Plus the Yankees’ disappointing season provokes a remembrance of George Steinbrenner’s 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’s Greatest HitsGeorge Steinbrenner and the Vets’ Reunion at Yankee StadiumTrevor Bauer and “Foul Play”David Roth: “Cool”A Brief Orson Welles DigressionThe Great Sweating Players of Our Time“It Sure Holds the Heat!”Portland, ME Accents versus Delco, Baked Beans and Brown BreadVaccination is a Competitive AdvantageCOVID and the College World SeriesAnthony Rizzo, Jason Heyward and Unproductive AgencyThe [Twins?] Vaccine Lottery“The Italian Doctors”Trade Value of the UnvaccinateddeGrom deDiagnosedTravails of Francisco LindorNot Everyone Can Trade for Starling MarteThe Vogelbach IncidentGoodbyes.

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?