Infinite Inning 215: Here They Are and So Are We

Alex Belth and Emily Shapiro return to discuss HERE I ARE: ANATOMY OF A MARRIAGE. Plus tales: Miller Huggins comes to the wrong conclusion and a second baseman who would sooner fight than order a veggie lover’s pizza. TABLE OF CONTENTS Miller Huggins’ Last Mistake (Plus Spittin’ Bill and Larry Hart)*A Brief Baseball Note from Ogden Nash*Raw Meat Bill and Davey Crockett Times Two Too*Alex Belth and Emily Shapiro: Audible Origins*The Awkwardness of Spending Time in Conversation With Yourself*An Illness Coming-Out Party (But Not an Illness Memoir)*Free Money Cards!*The Embarrassment of Confronting Yourself*Limerence, Attraction, and Infatuation*Silence Over Soup*Mutual Interests vs. Mutual Empathy*How to Argue*Surviving Couples Therapy*Working On Your Smile*Not Just Luck and the Babies Argument*Anger, Helpless Anger*Tools and Modalities*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?