Infinite Inning 367: Baseball, the Yankees, and Bitterness

About this episode

The episode explores broken relationships in baseball, focusing on the Yankees and historical figures like Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner.

In which we talk about some of our own broken relationships, the war of Billy Martin’s ear and what George Steinbrenner’s plan to bring him back for a sixth tour says about his own morality, the way the Washington Senators loved their own players so much they ended up in Minnesota, very small dinosaurs, and so much more. 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?

People in this episode

Host: Steven Goldman

Topics covered

• baseball
• Yankees
• relationships
• history
• morality
• politics

Keywords

• baseball
• Yankees
• Billy Martin
• George Steinbrenner
• Washington Senators
• relationships
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Senators

Places: Minnesota

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