Infinite Inning 116 Sticking It Out Through the Challenges
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Emily Waldon (The Athletic) discusses covering the Tigers’ farm system, the team’s short-term future, and the awkwardness of teenaged ballplayers. Plus tales of a missing Phillies outfielder and how the...
show moreWARNING: A couple of cusswords, one from Casey Stengel, one from Leo Durocher. Blame them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
One of the Missing*A Very Quick Casey Stengel Tale*Concepts of Racism Today and the Detroit Tigers Yesterday*Emily Waldon: The Joy of Tigers Prospect Coverage*Prospects are People*The Tigers (Not) South of the Border*Do the Tigers Have Enough in the Minors?*Suffering with the Tigers*Asking Female Fans How They Got Interested in Baseball*“He Didn’t Know You Were Gonna Be That Pretty”*Dreams Realized and Dreams Deferred (Informed Outsiders: The First Generation)*Overcoming Shyness and Social Media*Touting Kyle Funkhouser*Jake Rogers, Catcher and Nice Guy*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?
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