Best Herb Stevens Podcasts (2024)

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Infinite Inning 307: The Tornado Yet to Come 51:04

36m ago51:04

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Two players are cursed with high expectations and both have their moments, but one becomes best known for sitting down and the other finds you can’t succeed if your best tool is a razor blade. Then we consider why Sam Rice finished just short of 3,000 hits and its implications for the near future. TRIGGER WARNING: The second half of this episode co…

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Infinite Inning 306: The Pitcher Who Refused to Go Home 1:11:18

5d ago1:11:18

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After the week we’ve had, we’re all once again in the Infinite Inning, but is there a way out? Follow along the winding path as a Yankees ace puts his head through a windshield, toxic soup is eaten, a Negro Leagues catcher suffers an awful fate, a manager gets a duck, and a pitcher plays the William Tell Overture on the harmonica but fails to recor…

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Infinite Inning 305: Herbs from Beneath the Gallows 1:05:09

12d ago1:05:09

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An election-eve episode that begins with two notable World Series gaffes and the players who weren’t blamed and those who were, and what that says about us as a society. We then turn to contingency and its effect in history—how much of what happens to us is the result of wisdom, and how much is luck?—as exemplified by one move that Connie Mack didn…

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Infinite Inning 304: Bad, Ruthless Men LIVE 1:11:14

20d ago1:11:14

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First, some brief thoughts on the passing of the great Fernando Valenzuela and Fernandomania as a contrast to the great upheavals of 1200 BC. Then join Steve at the Morristown Festival of Books for a conversation with author Kevin Baker about The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but …

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Infinite Inning 303: The Chain of Baseball 59:41

28d ago59:41

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This week, stories of fathers, sons, and brothers playing baseball, one an ancestor of the current Yankees manager who witnessed a strange Phil Rizzuto baserunning blunder, and three brothers who ran a baseball school, but only two of them were major leaguers. Join Steve October 19 at the Morristown, NJ Festival of Books for a baseball panel starri…

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Infinite Inning 302: Be Someone for the United States 44:26

1M ago44:26

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Luis Tiant’s passing provokes an exploration of both his and his father’s immigrant story and dovetails with a sequel to our discussion of Pete Rose’s passing in which four very early Negro Leagues greats—two in the Hall of Fame, two out—ask to be fairly measured against history. Join Steve at the Morristown, NJ Festival of Books on October 19! The…

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Infinite Inning 301: Bad Baby - Last Thoughts on the Pete Rose Saga 1:03:26

2M ago1:03:26

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There is no such thing as a bad baby, but there is such a thing as a bad man. The passing of Pete Rose brings on thoughts of Darryl Strawberry’s peak and rapid fall, ice cream sundaes served in batting helmets, and the responsibility of the audience to separate art, artist, and shrine. Then take a quick tour of the best third basemen not yet in the…

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Infinite Inning 300: I See My Light Come Shining 1:04:13

2M ago1:04:13

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This anniversary episode brings a fresh look at some of the themes that have obsessed us since the show began back in 2017, specifically humanity, empathy, and the replacement level. We revisit Joe McCarthy and Slim Jones’ pain and the former’s Hall of Fame induction, Heinie Mueller’s basepath errors, Oscar Grimes’ fielding miscues, Theodore Roosev…

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Infinite Inning 299: The Mystery of the Lively Turtle 55:05

2M ago55:05

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A list of New York-centric baseball nicknames in Kevin Baker’s The New York Game sends us down a rabbit hole a hundred years deep in which we consider dozens of players and stories before being stopped by a mystery: Who—and why—was “The Lively Turtle?” Join Steve for a baseball panel at the Morristown Festival of Books, October 19! The Infinite Inn…

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Infinite Inning 298: Mp-Wah-Pwah-Fwat Do Yez Mane 1:03:20

2M ago1:03:20

1:03:20

A 19th-century player is intentionally hit so many times he forces a crazy rules change, and then we consider one of the Negro Leagues greats in light of recent racist rumors about pets in danger. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven discusses the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul li…

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Infinite Inning 297: You Take Your Chances 57:01

2M ago57:01

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Two tales of Frank Chance, who may have been the Cubs’ Peerless Leader but had a pathological compulsion to sacrifice his brain on the altar of baseball—and this after he had saved himself and a Cubs pennant from extortionist threats—or did he? Also includes too effusive an appreciation of San Diego. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball b…

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Infinite Inning 296: Sixto Lezcano was One Once 1:31:02

3M ago1:31:02

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We explore what put the “Solon” in Sacramento, plus the Man of 1,000 Baseball Caps returns! We enjoy a visit with original Infinite Inning rotation member Cliff Corcoran for the usual wide-ranging discussion of hats and a variety of 2024 baseball topics! TABLE OF CONTENTS What is a Solon? *Cliff Corcoran: “I Prefer the Ones Without Guests”*Ghosting…

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Infinite Inning 295: Way Down Upon the Muddy Ruel and Other Songs of Relaxed Living 46:31

3M ago46:31

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Various reflections of the Orange Confidence Man extended universe, the 2024 White Sox, and other frauds, featuring an exploration of what happens when you knock the opposing pitcher out in the first, featuring visits with Babe Ruth, Jimmy Carter, and other legendarily temperamental figures. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a stat…

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Infinite Inning 294: The Ballad of Bill Terry & John & Yoko 49:41

4M ago49:41

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The meaning of a sign in a manager’s office is considered and interlinked with one of the final Beatles singles and a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, and “The Fall and Forgiveness of Lyn Lary, 1931 and 1940,” concludes. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman discuses the game’s present, past, and future with…

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Infinite Inning 293: The Pitcher Who Was at Sea Before and After He Joined the Navy 59:04

4M ago59:04

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Infinite Inning 293: The Pitcher Who Was at Sea Before and After He Joined the Navy One of baseball’s all-time punchlines turns out to deserve his status, but not for the reason we thought. Plus, “The Fall and Forgiveness of Lyn Lary, 1931 and 1940,” continues as Lyn grows closer to Lou Gehrig following one of the greatest baserunning gaffes of all…

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Infinite Inning 292: One for Dad 1:02:17

4M ago1:02:17

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Infinite Inning 292: One for Dad On a solemn occasion, the last home run in Senators II history is recalled—did it really happen? Plus part one of a hypothetical visit to a transitional time for the Yankees and a very different take on Lou Gehrig in, “The Fall and Forgiveness of Lyn Lary, 1931 and 1940.” The Infinite Inning is not only about baseba…

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Infinite Inning 291: On the Road to Samarkand 55:05

5M ago55:05

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Benjamin Franklin’s warning, the course of empire, and the 1965 Yankees, Joe DiMaggio versus Casey Stengel versus the Detroit Tigers and the Red Sox, how to solve an abundance of outfielders and a lack of first basemen, and much more. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman discusses the game’s present, pa…

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Infinite Inning 290: If Death Be Not Proud 22:15

5M ago22:15

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Jimmie Foxx versus Cass Elliot in a battle of unfairly judged passings. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman discusses 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…

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Infinite Inning 289: Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions 44:31

5M ago44:31

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In 1951 a Hall of Fame sportswriter reacts to the advent of Willie Mays in a spectacularly stupid way and we are on the spot with a stern rebuke and a bit of historical background to that moment. Then we look at not the stars of the Negro Leagues, but a pitcher who was at the opposite end of the spectrum—his pitching made the stars possible—and he …

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Infinite Inning 288: The Drunken Why 48:34

6M ago48:34

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A Negro Leagues great with a odd nickname opts out of education and into baseball, and we revisit the day that Philadelphia fans booed not Santa Claus but the President of the United States. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman discusses the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul …

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Infinite Inning 287: Even the Losers 59:32

6M ago59:32

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Two stories begin in different times and places, but both converge on the same great player and the same great lesson. Starring a plethora of Hall of Famers, among them some of the greatest Yankees of all time, a third baseman better remembered today than he was in his time, and a pitcher who had just one great, strange day, but who lived happily e…

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Infinite Inning 286: One Bad Day is Just One Bad Day 49:11

6M ago49:11

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Tiny Bonham and William Shakespeare revisited, Steve Trout, Don Mattingly, 20-run losses, and dealing with loss. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman discusses the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the culture at large. Expect stats, anecdotes, digressions, explorati…

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Infinite Inning 284: Truth, Justice, and Some Baggage 46:59

6M ago46:59

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A pitcher who only got one chance, an antisocial Hall of Famer who got many, and the one time he didn’t fight, the Max Kepler Ass-Ad (Lucky Larry) and Reggie for Panasonic, and the submarine pitcher killed by an aspect or two of the American Way. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman discusses the game’s…

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Infinite Inning 283A: Charlie's Legs, a Covid Mini-Episode 20:10

7M ago20:10

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Due to a case of Covid, we have a mini-episode this week in which the pandemic is ruminated upon and a catcher of ancient days bungles the dismount.By Steven Goldman

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Infinite Inning 283: The Way We Go Mad Today 1:12:32

7M ago1:12:32

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A cluster of insanity among 19th century players with Louisville, starring a Gladiator and a Chicken, with resonance to the present day. Plus we visit a forgotten MVP-level season authored by Silent George Stone, pause for a what-if moment with Whitey Herzog as Rockies manager, and so much more. Gibberish by Timbre, Metrostock99, JohnLaVine333, Vtr…

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Infinite Inning 282: Committed to Glaring Mistakes 40:43

7M ago40:43

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For very personal but with luck very premature reasons, we ask whether the great Giants manager John McGraw ever made peace with his father and explore the confused timeline of his passing before briefly discussing a badly failed prospect from the extremely early Yankees, with stops along the way. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but …

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Infinite Inning 281: Night of the Ambulance Horse 1:03:20

7M ago1:03:20

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Christy Mathewson pitches one of his worst best games and John McGraw gets ejected, though probably not because of his umbrella; Gene Woodling smokes a pipe while playing for the Mets; and does complete conformity make for better ballplayers, with or without their choice of peanut butter? The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state o…

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Infinite Inning 280: Romancing the Cobbian Poodle 1:00:10

8M ago1:00:10

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A Yankees player’s marriage goes wrong faster than he could steal bases and Judge Landis makes a category error. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman discusses the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the culture at large. Expect stats, anecdotes, digressions, explorati…

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Infinite Inning 279: Murder in My Heart for the Ump 50:12

8M ago50:12

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A return engagement for Pepper Martin in which he loses his cool in a big way and we consider an obscure reliever… With a cameo from the late M*A*S*H star McLean Stevenson? The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman discusses the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the cultu…

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Infinite Inning 278: Delia's Gone 1:23:03

8M ago1:23:03

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Young Ruth Nollard meets the wrong baseball player in 1900, and we realize that in some ways very little has changed, plus a number of famous players come to the border and some try to turn them away. Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of stalking, possible sexual assault, and murder. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball bu…

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Infinite Inning 277: No Boxers, No Briefs, No Mercy 1:00:39

8M ago1:00:39

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In which the hazards of playing baseball without first properly girding one’s loins is investigated through the person of Pepper Martin, with other plentiful stops along the trail. 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…

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Infinite Inning 276: The One With the Anatomical Impossibility 47:16

9M ago47:16

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The host is sick, Dizzy Dean is overweight, and an umpire threatens to do the impossible to a rookie second baseman. 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 outsid…

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Infinite Inning 275: Saving Mr. Williams 1:39:43

9M ago1:39:43

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A pitcher has a dominant game despite accusations that his balls are greasy, and then we go to the immediate postwar period to discuss the early days of the Cold War, its relationship to the current election, and what should be the fundamental goal of all governments: Keep Ted Williams on the field. Sources for this Episode include: In the Time of …

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Infinite Inning 274: Who Looks Out for the Lookouts? 1:08:34

9M ago1:08:34

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This week, a lighthearted look at a Hall of Famer who spent four games demolishing one of Casey Stengel’s early teams and then an extended discussion of a catcher and a pitcher who both had off-the-field habits that rendered them (or should have) unfit to play. Trigger Warning: There is an extended discussion of domestic violence and sexual assault…

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Zdenka, The Band & Oceans of Tears, The Record 41:37

9M ago41:37

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"Killer stuff! Sounds huge! " Paul Yee, Engineer/Producer/Musician, Stereobus Recording "Spectacular production. Breathtaking!" Michael Gillespie "The album was always world-class, but the restoration is beautiful. I was literally overcome. The album is sooooo good!!!." Laurie Mackenzie "What an amazing band!!! Well done." Gord Osland "BRAVO!, Stel…

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Brandon Cunningham Executive Chef at the Green O Resort Greenough, Montana ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 114 57:24

9M ago57:24

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Brandon Cunningham Executive Chef at the Green O Resort Greenough, Montana ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 114 The Culinary Treasure Podcast: Chefs, Winemakers, Distillers, Bakers, and More – Culinary Stories You Will Love! In this episode of the Culinary Treasure Podcast our Host Steven Shomler visits with James Beard nominated Chef Brandon Cu…

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Infinite Inning 273: All the Three-Fingered Young Dudes 1:03:40

9M ago1:03:40

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In which a veteran pitcher gets the last strikeout of his career in a meaningless inning and yet the moment is somehow triumphal—or tragic, depending on your point of view—and several pitchers with missing fingers make an appearance but not all of them experience equal success. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Ste…

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Infinite Inning 272: The Schiappacasse Files 1:12:40

10M ago1:12:40

1:12:40

A forgotten left-handed great goes to Augusta and finds three other players in search of a destiny, but none of them gets precisely what he wants, and the Red Sox bring back a managerial great to turn things around—but does he? The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, Cliff …

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Infinite Inning 271: Pigeon of the American Mind 52:34

10M ago52:34

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A shortstop has two wives (but finds time to invent the padded glove), a .330-hitting outfielder is driven off because of his tan, and a Native American pitcher wills himself to begin again—but not until cutting up with America’s most ubiquitous bird. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains a brief discussion of suicide. The Infinite Inning is not o…

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Infinite Inning 270: The HOBE Factor 56:58

10M ago56:58

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This week a discussion of sadism as a way to pass the time with two tales from the early 20th century, one involving a violent Red Sox second baseman and the other an obnoxious Yankees shortstop named after the wrong condiment, plus more rioting fans, players who studied dentistry for no reason, a manager who got ejected for wearing a mask (not Bob…

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Infinite Inning 269: Between the Fire and Us 57:58

10M ago57:58

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Kate Claxton’s Six Rules for Staying Young versus Satchel Paige’s, plus the changing nature of public danger; more on fighting in baseball, with some 1924 ejections; more on Ed Kontechy, the “Bohemian Chocolate-Dropper,” and what that means (plus “enrober-strokers?”); umpires versus photographers in Cincinnati; have you ever tried Kipling, the bigg…

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Infinite Inning 268: A Broom of Twigs as Are We All 58:39

10M ago58:39

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Infinite Inning 268: A Broom of Twigs as Are We All Casey Stengel, Winston Churchill, the 1962 Mets, Lavengro, what a besom is, Theodore Roosevelt, the Reverend Dr. Russell M. Brougher, the efficacy of prayer, Ed Konetchy, infidelity and early marriages, early chocolate beverages, Hernan Cortes, polyamory in the early 20th century Phillies ownershi…

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Infinite Inning 267: We Talk About Bruno 1:03:59

11M ago1:03:59

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A World War II hero battles his way back to the mound and is given both rough and tender treatment by Ted Williams, a discussion of the Black Sox and the 14th Amendment, and the wildest pitching day in history fails to end a career. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, C…

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Infinite Inning 266: Ukulele at a Gunfight 58:33

11M ago58:33

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The last episode of 2023! A pitcher undergoes a questionable treatment on his arm and loses a unique oral talent, a utility infielder gets drunk, violent, and convicted, and a clarification about Jackie Robinson’s political mission to San Francisco. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts…

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Infinite Inning 265 Sing As We Go? I Prefer Not To 59:27

11M ago59:27

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Famous last words, including Casey Stengel’s, a shortstop who liked semi-pro leagues better than the majors (and desperately needed a dermatologist), and an argument about moral relativism which ends in a pyramid of skulls. The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, Cliff Corc…

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Krystle Swenson Executive Pastry Chef The Resort at Paws Up Greenough, Montana ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 113 39:16

1y ago39:16

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Krystle Swenson Executive Pastry Chef The Resort at Paws Up Greenough, Montana ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 113 The Culinary Treasure Podcast: Chefs, Winemakers, Distillers, Bakers, and More – Culinary Stories You Will Love! In this episode of the Culinary Treasure Podcast our Host Steven Shomler visits with James Beard nominated Chef Krystl…

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Infinite Inning 264: The One Without Peckinpaugh 1:04:40

1y ago1:04:40

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No Peckinpaughs were hurt in the recording of this episode, but we do visit the 1925 World Series, where Babe Ruth makes a dad joke that tempts fate, check in on a pitcher who may or may not have been a war correspondent, consider the greatest double-play combinations of all time, and question when getting to be a major league manager is less of an…

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Jody Alexander Williams - Marie Sharp's Hot Sauce Chief Marketing & Sales Director ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 112 33:11

1y ago33:11

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Jody Alexander Williams - Marie Sharp's Hot Sauce Chief Marketing & Sales Director ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 112 The Culinary Treasure Podcast: Chefs, Winemakers, Distillers, Bakers, and More – Culinary Stories You Will Love! In this episode of the Culinary Treasure Podcast our Host Steven Shomler visits with Jody Alexander Williams who i…

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Marie Sharp Founder of Marie Sharp’s Hot Sauce ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 111 35:48

1y ago35:48

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Marie Sharp Founder of Marie Sharp’s Hot Sauce ~ Culinary Treasure Podcast Episode 111 The Culinary Treasure Podcast: Chefs, Winemakers, Distillers, Bakers, and More – Culinary Stories You Will Love! In this episode of the Culinary Treasure Podcast our Host Steven Shomler visits with Marie Sharp Founder of Marie Sharp’s Hot Sauce. Note From Steven …

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Infinite Inning 263: Grunting at the Guesser 44:17

1y ago44:17

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In which a rookie’s arrogance (mildly) tests Earl Weaver and a pitcher nicknamed “Bucher Boy” prompts a mass ejection event. 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 foray…

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