Steven Goldman
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Casey Stengel biographer. Shanty Hogan chronicler. Infinite Inning podcast host. Baseball Prospectus author and Consulting Editor. Collector of far too many books. | https://www.baseballprospectus.com/show/the-infinite-inning/
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Steven Goldman
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· Nov 12
Infinite Inning Episode 306: A pitcher goes through a windshield, toxic soup is eaten, a catcher suffers, the William Tell Overture is played on the harmonica but no strikeouts are recorded, and somehow this tells us something about where to go from here. www.baseballprospectus.com/podcasts/inf...
Infinite Inning 306: The Pitcher Who Refused to Go Home | Baseball Prospectus
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...
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Hey! I'm Steve. My podcast is The Infinite Inning, which combines baseball, history, politics, and culture. My books are Forging Genius, on the early career of Casey Stengel, and Baseball's Brief Lives, biographical essays. Between, there's been a whole lot of my beloved home, Baseball Prospectus.
Speed dating, 1906, with a newspaper as the app. I wonder how that worked out. There were some tragic stories that came out of this sort of thing.
February 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Speed dating, 1906, with a newspaper as the app. I wonder how that worked out. There were some tragic stories that came out of this sort of thing.
When I was a kid in Hebrew school, they had a Holocaust remembrance day in which the kids and teachers were expected to wear yellow stars. I said hell no; the whole point of defeating the Nazis is that WE WOULD NEVER HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote
February 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
When I was a kid in Hebrew school, they had a Holocaust remembrance day in which the kids and teachers were expected to wear yellow stars. I said hell no; the whole point of defeating the Nazis is that WE WOULD NEVER HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
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So should we all just tattoo our forearms now to save time or
Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote
February 17, 2026 at 10:38 PM
So should we all just tattoo our forearms now to save time or
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Look, I know I've posted the link to our Zoop a lot, but I have one thing I wanted to add.
"Come ooooon...come on and do it. I'll think you're cool if you do it."
zoop.gg/c/slay
"Come ooooon...come on and do it. I'll think you're cool if you do it."
zoop.gg/c/slay
SLAY! / The Girlfriend Survives - Double First Issue Flip Book
Jeremy Whitley presents a special double first issue 56-page comic!
On one side it's the first issue of fantasy-horror-western SLAY! by Writer Jeremy Whitley, Artist Alex Smith, Colorist Kelly Fitzpa...
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February 17, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Look, I know I've posted the link to our Zoop a lot, but I have one thing I wanted to add.
"Come ooooon...come on and do it. I'll think you're cool if you do it."
zoop.gg/c/slay
"Come ooooon...come on and do it. I'll think you're cool if you do it."
zoop.gg/c/slay
A good chunk of "I Wish I Were in Love Again," by Rodgers & Hart.
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
A good chunk of "I Wish I Were in Love Again," by Rodgers & Hart.
Roberto Clemente
My two-word response to Mr. Musk:
Joe DiMaggio.
Joe DiMaggio.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 16, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Roberto Clemente
My two-word response to Mr. Musk:
Joe DiMaggio.
Joe DiMaggio.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 16, 2026 at 4:22 AM
My two-word response to Mr. Musk:
Joe DiMaggio.
Joe DiMaggio.
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White supremacy as the ideological defense of wealth concentration may be the skeleton key that unlocks the most insight into the last 5 centuries of history and the current U.S. and European situations.
February 15, 2026 at 8:48 PM
White supremacy as the ideological defense of wealth concentration may be the skeleton key that unlocks the most insight into the last 5 centuries of history and the current U.S. and European situations.
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What a record: a "Girl from the North Country" to rival Dylan, a "Jemima Surrender" that beats the Band. & the opener "She's a Burglar" has lines like "while she sweet-talked me, she vandalized my brain." It bombed upon release, but it's held up well for 50+ years
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February 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
What a record: a "Girl from the North Country" to rival Dylan, a "Jemima Surrender" that beats the Band. & the opener "She's a Burglar" has lines like "while she sweet-talked me, she vandalized my brain." It bombed upon release, but it's held up well for 50+ years
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i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
When he does shit like this I tend to read it as weakness, akin to LBJ only speaking at military bases once Vietnam destroyed his popularity.
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
"You have to vote for us.”
February 15, 2026 at 3:29 AM
When he does shit like this I tend to read it as weakness, akin to LBJ only speaking at military bases once Vietnam destroyed his popularity.
"Native guy! Bring me all your gold or I will cut off your hands!"
"We have no gold, sir."
SLASH
"You! Other native guy! Bring me all your gold or I will cut off your hands!"
"Gold?"
SLASH
Three days later: "Say... is everybody dead?"
"Sacrifices our forefathers made" but not the ones he means.
"We have no gold, sir."
SLASH
"You! Other native guy! Bring me all your gold or I will cut off your hands!"
"Gold?"
SLASH
Three days later: "Say... is everybody dead?"
"Sacrifices our forefathers made" but not the ones he means.
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
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February 15, 2026 at 1:43 AM
"Native guy! Bring me all your gold or I will cut off your hands!"
"We have no gold, sir."
SLASH
"You! Other native guy! Bring me all your gold or I will cut off your hands!"
"Gold?"
SLASH
Three days later: "Say... is everybody dead?"
"Sacrifices our forefathers made" but not the ones he means.
"We have no gold, sir."
SLASH
"You! Other native guy! Bring me all your gold or I will cut off your hands!"
"Gold?"
SLASH
Three days later: "Say... is everybody dead?"
"Sacrifices our forefathers made" but not the ones he means.
ICE should be abolished, but if/when it happens I worry about how we prevent all of these now-unemployed, angry, armed bigots from becoming an ongoing terrorist threat once they've been let go.
February 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
ICE should be abolished, but if/when it happens I worry about how we prevent all of these now-unemployed, angry, armed bigots from becoming an ongoing terrorist threat once they've been let go.
We "won" the world wars by entering as relief pitchers after millions had already died. That's not to say we didn't help or our soldiers didn't make noble sacrifices-they did! It's just urging a little humility because our military history is far more equivocal than we're usually taught.
Trump: "We won World War 1. We won everything. World War 2. And everything before, during, and a little bit after except we fought a little bit differently. We fought to be politically correct. We were a politically correct force with the presidents. But now we have a real force."
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We "won" the world wars by entering as relief pitchers after millions had already died. That's not to say we didn't help or our soldiers didn't make noble sacrifices-they did! It's just urging a little humility because our military history is far more equivocal than we're usually taught.
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
He mourns a monoculture that was an illusion, something revealed when sales charts went from polling clerks to counting actual scanned sales. It turned out what we were watching, listening, and reading was far more diverse than what the corporations were selling. It had been decades of suppression.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
He mourns a monoculture that was an illusion, something revealed when sales charts went from polling clerks to counting actual scanned sales. It turned out what we were watching, listening, and reading was far more diverse than what the corporations were selling. It had been decades of suppression.
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Posted this on my Instagram Stories and was surprised by the number of people who said they finally understood why they’ve been struggling to form sentences or retrieve words.
A few people said they feared they were in the early stages of dementia.
A few people said they feared they were in the early stages of dementia.
February 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Posted this on my Instagram Stories and was surprised by the number of people who said they finally understood why they’ve been struggling to form sentences or retrieve words.
A few people said they feared they were in the early stages of dementia.
A few people said they feared they were in the early stages of dementia.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
As someone who knew PECOTA back when it was a baby, I can tell you that folks have been personifying it way longer than they have AI. It began as little more than a spreadsheet yet folks were accusing it of motives and hidden agendas. In retrospect, that early reaction was a harbinger of our times.
It's PECOTA Week at @baseballprospectus.com. Some people are upset by what they feel are low projected win totals for their teams. Is PECOTA biased? or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Angels
PECOTA 2026: Why PECOTA Hates Your Favorite Team, 2026 Edition | Baseball Prospectus
It’s nothing personal. Well, actually, it is. But let’s say it’s not.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
As someone who knew PECOTA back when it was a baby, I can tell you that folks have been personifying it way longer than they have AI. It began as little more than a spreadsheet yet folks were accusing it of motives and hidden agendas. In retrospect, that early reaction was a harbinger of our times.
Back at the very beginning of hamates, Roy Campanella tried to play through a fracture. The Dodgers let him--for a while. This and other fascinating hamate (and hamster) notes from throughout time and space are yours to explore below.
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Back at the very beginning of hamates, Roy Campanella tried to play through a fracture. The Dodgers let him--for a while. This and other fascinating hamate (and hamster) notes from throughout time and space are yours to explore below.
Joe McCarthy's downfall, of course, came when he decried scat-singing as a Communist plot and tried to get it exempted from 1st Amendment protections, a scheme derailed by Louis Armstrong's dramatic, "Give me liberty or give me ba-ba-boo-dee-boo" testimony before Congress.
my opinion on the Bad Bunny halftime show, and non-English music in general, is that i think a need to “be able to understand the lyrics” displays an embarrassing shallowness of the speaker to appreciate the voice as an instrument & to appreciate music as something other than a lyric delivery system
February 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Joe McCarthy's downfall, of course, came when he decried scat-singing as a Communist plot and tried to get it exempted from 1st Amendment protections, a scheme derailed by Louis Armstrong's dramatic, "Give me liberty or give me ba-ba-boo-dee-boo" testimony before Congress.
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Imagine if the Jets had a kid like Darnold?
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Imagine if the Jets had a kid like Darnold?
And, at last, it is baseball season!
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
And, at last, it is baseball season!
Did the Patriots get through the entire season not realizing they had an unshielded exhaust port on their offensive line?
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Did the Patriots get through the entire season not realizing they had an unshielded exhaust port on their offensive line?