Infinite Inning 180: Champions of the Heart

The Baseball Prospectus Podcast Network

Jesse Spector returns for a super-sized episode! The third annual Infinite Inning Opening Day song! Ted Williams says never let anyone change your swing! Is Miguel Andujar doing this old-time Dodger’s career swan dive? Will the 2021 Tigers be more fun to watch than the 2021 Red Sox? These and other questions await within!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Carl Yastrzemski, Ted Williams, the Bad Science Teacher, and the Ordeal of Self-Determination*The Third Annual Infinite Inning Opening Day Song: Champions of the Heart*Miguel Andujar and Billy Grabarkewitz*Jesse Spector: Beards and Haircuts*Violins for Cleveland*Sunderland/Red Sox*How Long Will Mets Ownership Be Hot To Trot?*Colorado Rockies Dysfunction*The Ian Desmond Follies*The Yankees After 2003*A Full Season of Devil Williams and Other Delights*Dead as a Doornail Teams*Goodbyes*Encore: Opening Day Songs 2019 and 2020, The American Game and Opening Day.
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?