Infinite Inning 376: A Dog's Breakfast with the Yankees, Mets, and Shanty

About this episode

This episode explores various baseball topics including the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Mets and the potential for women in major league baseball.

A grab-bag episode in which the title says it all: The 40th anniversary of the 1986 Mets, how failed Yankees shortstop Bobby Meacham would have performed if Baseball-Reference had his name correctly, the possibility of women playing major league baseball, Thurman Munson’s Hall of Fame twin discussed, and a certain overweight catcher suffers a breakdown of impulse control. 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

• 1986 Mets
• Yankees
• women in baseball
• Thurman Munson
• impulse control
• baseball history

Keywords

• baseball
• Yankees
• Mets
• Thurman Munson
• Bobby Meacham
• 1986
• women in baseball
• impulse control

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baseball Prospectus

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