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Infinite Inning 158: The Satchel Paige Don't Look Back Award and Other Prizes
Infinite Inning 158: The Satchel Paige Don't Look Back Award and Other Prizes
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Length:
111 minutes
Released:
Sep 25, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Cliff Corcoran returns to try to figure out who deserves which awards out of this crazy attenuated season in a disaster of a year, plus tales of players and people neglected in their post-career years and a requiem for the lost pennant races of the future. TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Man in the Green Uniform*Ron Gardenhire*1980 in the AL East*Cliff Corcoran: Negro Leagues Caps*Inconclusion, the Negro Leagues, the All-American Girls*No Astros Caps*Gilmour Field at the Movies (“Bodyguard”) and “Bimbo” Cartoons*Arte Moreno Gets His Way in Anaheim/The Yankee Stadium*Awards Watch*Fluke Seasons of 2020*Qualified Regulars Under .200*Mike Yastrzemski*Mike Trout in the Field*Abreu vs. Anderson*Awards and Narrative*”The Willem Dafoe Most Valuable Veteran Award*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?
Released:
Sep 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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