Mark Armour (Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball, and Paths to Glory: How Great Teams Got That Way, SABR Board President) talks about the Hall of Fame shortstop, MLB’s retroactive changes to the Negro League’s standing, and great baseball history books. Plus tales of Lou Gehrig, Eleanor Gehrig, and milkfat.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Eleanor’s Bracelet and Ival’s Two Pounds of ButterEleanor Gehrig AloneMark Armour: The SABR Bio ProjectThe Missing BiographiesWhy Joe Cronin?A Portly Shortstop on His KneesSegregation ApologistCronin Was in the MainstreamThe Revised Status of the Negro LeaguesWhat’s It Like Being on the SABR Board?The Greying of SABRThe Greatest Baseball History Books/Bill James’ StrengthsGoodbyes.

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?