Infinite Inning 124 If I Were Powerful I'd Have a Better Car
Sign up for free
Listen to this episode and many more. Enjoy the best podcasts on Spreaker!
Download and listen anywhere
Download your favorite episodes and enjoy them, wherever you are! Sign up or log in now to access offline listening.
Description
Sheryl Ring discusses the backlash to her Addison Russell story and all the ways discrimination affects us in and out of baseball. Plus Jungle Jim Rivera’s case suggests a way...
show moreTABLE OF CONTENTS
The Ends Justify the Fleas*One German Bomb Away from Stardom*Sheryl Ring: The Addison Russell Backlash*If I Were Powerful I’d Have a Better Car*Identity Politics in the Jim Crow Era and Jim Crow Laws Today*Red-Lining and Reverse Red-Lining*The Bank Gets Paid Three Times*Sticking to Sports Means Sticking to Everything*We’ve All Seen This Ad*Legalized Discrimination*“The Biology Textbook Mainstream”*They Kill That Which They Don’t Understand*The Oakland A’s vs. Public Housing*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?
Information
Author | Steven Goldman |
Organization | Steven Goldman |
Website | - |
Tags |
Copyright 2024 - Spreaker Inc. an iHeartMedia Company