In a short Thanksgiving episode—short by Infinite Inning standards, anyway—we visit the soft places of the Infinite Inning, including hypothetical whiskey-pushing gangsters who had it in for the Cardinals, when the pressures of World War II caused New York Giants fans to threaten to riot during a performance of the National Anthem, and the frightening place that is the family dinner table at holiday-time.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Giancarlo Stanton and You Prowl the Unquiet Lands*Steve’s annual Thanksgiving avoidance recital*Here’s Why Flint Rhem Didn’t Go to Work Today*Harry Nilsson: “(Thursday) Here’s Why I Did Not Go to Work Today”*The Giants lose by a national anthem and a blackout*Errol Flynn: “That’s What You Jolly Well Get”*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?