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A young man shows his love for baseball by running all the way to the Cardinals game—and likes it so much he buys the team! But this is the Infinite Inning, so he only gets to hold it for a very brief time. Then we journey back to 1932 for a rare non-baseball story involving a tragic collision of illness, delusion, desperation, and the awkward American dance of tolerance and justice.
Trigger Warning: There is a child in serious jeopardy in the second act of the show. It was a very long time ago, but it still hurts.
The Infinite Inning is a journey to the past to understand the present using baseball as our time machine. America's brighter mirror, baseball reflects, anticipates, and even mocks the stories we tell ourselves about our world today. Baseball Prospectus's Steven Goldman shares his obsessions: history from inside and outside of the game, politics, stats, and Casey Stengel quotations. Along the way, we'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?
